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Thy soul shall find itself alone
Mid dark thoughts of the grey tomb-stone;
 

Be silent in that solitude
Which is not loneliness - for then
The spirits of the dead, who stood
In life before thee, are again
In death around thee, and their will
Shall overshadow thee; be still.

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The night, though clear, shall frown,
And the stars shall not look down
From their high thrones in the Heaven
With light like hope to mortals given,
But their red orbs, without beam,
To thy weariness shall seem
As a burning and a fever
which would cling to thee for ever.

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"Spirits of the Dead"

Edgar Allen Poe

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