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THE HEATHEN TO HIS DEPARTING SOUL by PUBLIUS AELIUS HADRIANUS

First Line: AH FLEETING SPIRIT! WAND'RING FIRE
Last Line: AND WIT AND HUMOUR ARE NO MORE!
Subject(s): SOUL;
Ah fleeting Spirit! wand'ring Fire,
That long hast warm'd my tender Breast,
Must thou no more this Frame inspire?
No more a pleasing, chearful Guest?

Whither, ah whither art thou flying!
To what dark, undiscover'd Shore?
Thou seem'st all trembling, shivr'ing, dying,
And Wit and Humour are no more!



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