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104 To shame the Doctrine of the Sadducee

And Sophists, madly vain of dubious lore;

How sweet it were in concert to adore

With those who made our mortal labours light!

To hear each voice we feared to hear no more!

Behold each mighty shade revealed to sight,

The Bactrian, Samian sage, and all who taught the Right!

IX.

There, Thou!—whose Love and Life together fled,

Have left me here to love and live in vain—