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The Poetical Works of Sydney Dobell

With Introductory Notice and Memoir by John Nichol

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The sunrise
Of that dread day which found me brotherless,
Saw a pale face on a low bed. Despair
Gave life by taking it. That evening's sun
Fell on the empty pallet, and beside it
An arm'd man, flush'd to wildness.