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...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring sister's shame. GREECE. He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of...

...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.' The four concluding lines are nearly as familiar as Scott's ' Oh woman in our hours of ease/ as Moore's...

...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die : And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own, And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame." Constance had experienced this : the time had been when friends and relatives would have crowded round...

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...THOMAS. " Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed, lest he fall."— 1 COH. x. 12. " And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame." — BYRON'S GIAOUR. PROUDLY she stood — for Virtue bade her raise Her head, and listen to its grateful...

...fiercely sought Has lost its charm by being caught, For every touch that wooed its stay Has brnsh'd the brightest hues away Till charm, and hue, and beauty...a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. The Mind, that broods o'er guilty woes, Is like the Scorpion girt by fire, In circle narrowing as it...

...insects fluttering by Ne'er droop the wing o'er those that die, And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own ! And every woe a tear can claim, Except an erring Sister's shame ! LINES DESCRIPTIVE OF A CALM SUCCEEDING A STORM. T. MOORE. How calm, how beautiful, comes on The stilly...

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