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First Line: The hebrew king, with spleen possest
Last Line: And not a care return'd again.


THE Hebrew king, with spleen possest,
By David's harp was soothed to rest:
Yet, when the magic song was o'er,
The soft delusion charm'd no more:
The former fury fired the brain,
And every care return'd again.

But, had he known Eliza's skill
To bless the sense and bind the will,
To bid the gloom of care retire,
And fan the flame of fond desire,
Remembrance then had kept the strain,
And not a care return'd again.





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