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...comforting to be told, if we dared to draw comfort out of the well of another man's miseries, that " Though gay companions o'er the bowl Dispel awhile the sense of ill; Though pleasure fires the maddening soul, The heart — the heart is lonely still." It is consolatory also to contrast the peace...

...left me lonely here ; Thou'rt nothing, all are nothing now. In vain my lyre would lightly breathe ! The smile that sorrow fain would wear But mocks the...madd'ning soul, The heart — the heart is lonely still ! 3. On many a lone and lovely night It sooth'd to gaze upon the sky ; For then I deem'd the heav'nly...

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...lonely here; Thou'rt nothing, all are nothing now. VOL. IV. 3. In vain my lyre would lightly breathe f The smile that sorrow fain would wear But mocks the...ill; Though pleasure fires the madd'ning soul, The heart—the heart is lonely still! 4. On many a lone and lovely night It soothed to gaze upon the sky;...

...nothing now. 3. In vain my lyre would lightly breathe ! The smile that sorrow fain would wear But iriocks the woe that lurks beneath, Like roses o'er a sepulchre....ill ; Though pleasure fires the madd'ning soul, The heart-<-the heart is lonely still! 4. On many a lone and lovely night It soothed to gaze upon the sky...