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Ah, what a warning for a thoughtless man, Could field or grove, could any spot of earth, Show to his eye an image of the pangs Which it hath witnessed,--render back an echo Of the sad steps by which it hath been trod!
_The Excursion.
Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to; Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
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Ah, what a warning for a thoughtless man, Could field or grove, could any spot of earth, Show to his eye an image of the pangs Which it hath witnessed,--render back an echo Of the sad steps by which it hath been trod!
_The Excursion.