So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.
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Since every man who lives is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy nor grieve too much for things beyond our care. Like pilgrims to the appointed place we tend The worlds an inn, and death the journeys end.
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He invades authors like a monarch and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.
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Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
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An horrible stilness first invades our ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.
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