The sounds that soothed his sleep,
The mystery and the majesty of Earth,
The joy, the exultation?
(Alastor: Or, The Spirit Of Solitude)
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All wept--as I think both ye now would,
If envy or age had not frozen your blood--
At the sorrow of my sweet pipings.
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the gathering winds will call the darkness soon,
And profoundest midnight shroud the serene lights of heaven.
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