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A little rule, a little sway,
A sun beam in a winter’s day,
Is all the proud and mighty have
Between the cradle and the grave.

— John Dyer Grongar Hill (1727)

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There is a kindly mood of melancholy,
That wings the soul, and points her to the skies.

The Ruins of Rome (1740)

While the wanton Zephyr sings,
And in the vale perfumes his wings.

Grongar Hill (1727)

And he that will this health deny,
Down among the dead men let him lie.

Ever charming, ever new,
When will the landskip tire the view?

Grongar Hill (1727)

Ever charming, ever new,
When will the landscape tire the view?

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