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—————————— to death's abode
Prone lies the path, and facile is the road.
To all who seek them open day and night,
Pluto's black gates with broad access invite.
But to recall the foot, retrace the way
Up the dark steep, and re-assert the day—
This is the labor, this the mighty feat,
Achieved by few, the greatest of the great.

— Charles Symmons The Æneis (1817)

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Abase the lofty, and exalt the low.

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Yet have I lived!—and lived for noble ends!
My shade in glory to the shades descends.

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Hard is the task, O Queen! that you impose,
To tear my bosom with reviving woes.

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