Quote #43

Virtue alone has majesty in death.

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  1. A death-bed 's a detector of the heart.
  2. Woes cluster. Rare are solitary woes; They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
  3. The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.
  4. Beautiful as sweet! And young as beautiful! and soft as young! And gay as soft! and innocent as gay.
  5. How blessings brighten as they take their flight!
  6. Lovely in death the beauteous ruin lay; And if in death still lovely, lovelier there; Far lovelier! pity swells the tide of love.
  7. Friendship's the wine of life; but friendship new (Not such was his) is neither strong nor pure.
  8. Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but himself That hideous sight,-a naked human heart.

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