Thomas Gray Quotes on Loss
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No dolphin came, no Nereid stirred; Nor cruel Tom, nor Susan heard. A favourite has no friend!
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For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
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Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.