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Then we will pay a visit to the herd,That graze near yonder castle's ruin'd walls,
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Listless and senseless!—like the human herd,
Dead to the charms of Nature; though alive
To all the stronger passions of the heart.
Electric oft where reason should command;
And cool and temperate when to feel were virtue.
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