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I was a stricken deer that left the herd Long since.
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His head, Not yet by time completely silvered o'er, Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth, But strong for service still, and unimpa…
Dream after dream ensues; And still they dream that they shall still succeed; And still are disappointed.
Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour.
Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both.
O Popular Applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms?
From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up.
There is a pleasure in poetic pains Which only poets know.
Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream.
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