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When the passing bell doth toll, And the Furies, in a shoal, Come to fright a parting soul,

Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

When the tapers now burn blue,
And the comforters are few.
And that number more than true,

Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

When the priest his last hath prayed,
And I nod to what he said
Because my speech is now decayed,

Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

When, God knows, I'm tost about
Either with despair or doubt,
Yet before the glass be out,

Sweet Spirit, comfort me!
When the Tempter me pursu'th.
With the sins of all my youth,
And half damns me with untruth

Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

When the flames and hellish cries Fright mine ears, and fright mine eyes,

And all terrors me surprise,

Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When the judgment is revealed, And that opened which was sealedWhen to Thee I have appealed.

Sweet Spirit, comfort me.

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CLEOPATRA EMBARKING ON THE The sky is a gleam of gold,

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And the amber breezes float Like thoughts to be dreamed of, but never told,

Around the dancing boat!

She has stepped on the burning sand; And the thousand tongues are mute,

And the Syrian strikes with a trembling hand

The strings of his gilded lute! And the Ethiop's heart throbs loud and high

Beneath his white symar,

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