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But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair,
What was thy delighted measure?
Still it whisper'd promised pleasure,
And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!

— William Collins

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How sleep the brave who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blest!

And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair.

Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.

Love of peace, and lonely musing,
In hollow murmurs died away.

The Passions, an Ode for Music (1747)

By fairy hands their knell is rung,
By forms unseen their dirge is sung.

How Sleep the Brave (1748)

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