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LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW-SHUTTER AT WESTON by WILLIAM COWPER

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First Line: FAREWELL, DEAR SCENES, FOR EVER CLOSED TO ME
Last Line: WHOSE FRIEND WAS GOD, BUT GOD SWORE NOT TO AID ME!

FAREWELL, dear scenes, for ever closed to me,
Oh, for what sorrows must I now exchange ye!
July 22 1795

Me miserable! how could I escape
Infinite wrath and infinite despair!
Whom Death, Earth, Heaven, and Hell consigned to ruin,
Whose friend was God, but God swore not to aid me!



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