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The solitary, silent, solemn scene,
Where Cæsars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,
Blended in dust together; where the slave
Rests from his labors; where th' insulting proud
Resigns his powers; the miser drops his hoard:
Where human folly sleeps.

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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)

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)

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