Night, sable goddess from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world.
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The man who consecrates his hours by vigorous effort, and An honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and Death he walks with nature and her paths are peace.
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How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
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Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise.
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