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Who hath not owned, with rapture-smitten frame,
The power of grace, the magic of a name?

— Thomas Campbell The Pleasures of Hope (1799)

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'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,
And robes the mountain in its azure hue.

The Pleasures of Hope (1799)

To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.

A stoic of the woods—a man without a tear.

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Oh, how hard it is to find
The one just suited to our mind!

Theodric: A Domestic Tale; and Other Poems (1825)

Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind,
But leave, oh! leave the light of Hope behind!

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