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And that then is his grave?—Before his death

You said that he saw many happy years?

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Ay, that he did—

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And all went well with him—

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If he had one, the Youth had twenty homes.

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And you believe, then, that his mind was easy—

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Yes, long before he died, he found that time

Is a true friend to sorrow; and unless

His thoughts were turned on Leonard's luckless fortune,

He talked about him with a cheerful love.

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He could not come to an unhallowed end!

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Nay, God forbid!—You recollect I mentioned

A habit which disquietude and grief

Had brought upon him; and we all conjectured

That, as the day was warm, he had lain down