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Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,
The bee's collected treasures sweet,
Sweet music's melting fall, but sweeter yet
The still small voice of gratitude.

— Thomas Gray Ode for Music (1769)

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Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

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And weep the more, because I weep in vain.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Dear, as the light that visits these sad eyes;
Dear, as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.

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Rich windows that exclude the light,
And passages that lead to nothing.

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