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...when he says, — " He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled .... .... Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the mild angelic air — The rapture of repose that's there — The fixed, yet tender traits,...

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...hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines vrbere oeauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air — The rapture of repose that's there —...

...freed inheritors of hell ; 65 So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day...angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, 75 The fix'd yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, . And — but for that sad shrouded...

...hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, Before decay's effacing...swept the lines where beauty lingers, > And mark'd the mind, angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there — The fix'd, yet tender tracts that streak...

...hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak...

...the colours just beginning to fade, was shewn to the surrounding spectators. She was in the stage, " Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers." And " Hers was the loveliness of death, That parts not quite with parting breath ;" and neatly dressed...

...fragment, " The Giaour :"— " He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first day of death is fled, (Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines...mild, angelic air, The rapture of repose, that's there ; The fix'd, yet tender, traits that streak ] The languor of the pallid cheek ; So fair, so calm, so...

...hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, ( Before Decay's...fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And marked the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak...