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The solitary, silent, solemn scene,
Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,
Blended in dust together; where the slave
Rests from his labours; where the insulting proud
Resigns his power; the miser drops his hoard;
Where human folly sleeps.

— John Dyer The Ruins of Rome (1740)

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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.

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

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

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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?

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