“Ah hopeless, lasting flames! like those that burn
To light the dead, and warm th’ unfruitful urn.
What scenes appear where’er I turn my view?
The dear ideas, where I fly, pursue,
Rise in the grove, before the altar rise,
Stain all my soul, and wanton in my eyes.
I wake: no more I hear, no more I see;
The chain of thought, the presence, flies with thee.”
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