XXXVIII.

The scars of his old wounds were near his new,

Those honourable scars which brought him fame;

And horrid was the contrast to the view——

But let me quit the theme; as such things claim

Perhaps even more attention than is due

From me: I gazed (as oft I have gazed the same)

To try if I could wrench aught out of Death

Which should confirm, or shake, or make a faith;

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