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Death is the privilege of human nature,
And life without it were not worth our taking:
Thither the poor, the pris'ner, and the mourner
Fly for relief, and lay their burthens down.

— Nicholas Rowe The Fair Penitent (1703)

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At length the morn and cold indifference came.

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Is this that haughty gallant, gay Lothario?

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Is she not more than painting can express,
Or youthful poets fancy when they love?

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As if Misfortune made the throne her seat,
And none could be unhappy but the great.

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Great minds, like heaven, are pleased in doing good.

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