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JUST WHEN HE MIGHT FAIRLY HOPE SOME RETURN OF AFFECTION, ENVIOUS DEATH / CARRIES HER OFF.
All my green years and golden prime of man / Had pass'd away, and with attemper'd sighs / My bosom heaved -- ere yet the days arise / When life declines, contracting its brief span.