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"Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a musA d rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die,To cease upon the midnight with no pain,While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy!"
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