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These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.”
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This line reflects on the enduring impact of Marshall's qualities, suggesting they provide comfort in life and death.
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Genius, and learning, and consummate skill, Moulding each thought, obedient to the will; Affections pure, as e'er warmed human breast, And love, in blessing others, doubly blest; Virtue unspotted, uncorrupted truth, Gentle in age, and…
No! but snatched from time, To bloom afresh in yonder sphere sublime.
What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!
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