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Monody on the Death of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Monody on the Death of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan

By George Gordon, Lord ByronSource: George Gordon, Lord Byron - PoetryDB (Public Domain)767 words

When the last sunshine of expiring Day

In Summer's twilight weeps itself away,

Who hath not felt the softness of the hour

Sink on the heart, as dew along the flower?

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