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Rh AND THOU ART DEAD, AS YOUNG AND FAIR.

Heu, quanto minus est cum reliquis versari quam tui meminisse!"

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thou art dead, as young and fair

As aught of mortal birth;

And form so soft, and charms so rare,

Too soon returned to Earth!

Though Earth received them in her bed,

And o'er the spot the crowd may tread

In carelessness or mirth,

There is an eye which could not brook

A moment on that grave to look.

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