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

— 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.

Grongar Hill (1727)

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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