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EXPOSTULATION
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REPLY.
"Why William, on that old grey stone,
"Thus for the length of half a day,
"Why William, sit you thus alone,
"And dream your time away?
"Thus for the length of half a day,
"Why William, sit you thus alone,
"And dream your time away?
"Where are your books? that light bequeath'd
"To beings else forlorn and blind!
"Up! Up! and drink the spirit breath'd
"From dead men to their kind.
"To beings else forlorn and blind!
"Up! Up! and drink the spirit breath'd
"From dead men to their kind.