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Nor e’er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed
A fairer spirit or more welcome shade.
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On the Death of Mr. Addison (1721), line 45.

 

Thomas Tickell

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Since their foundation came a nobler guest; Nor e’er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed
A fairer spirit or more welcome shade.

 

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Death a still spectre on a marble seat,
With ever clutching palms and shackled feet;
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The flying joys he strives to clasp in vain,
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