Thomas Campbell: Heaven gives our years of fading strength Indemnifying fleetness; And those of Youth a seeming length, Proportioned to t

Heaven gives our years of fading strength Indemnifying fleetness; And those of Y — Thomas Campbell

Heaven gives our years of fading strength Indemnifying fleetness; And those of Youth a seeming length, Proportioned to their sweetness.

Thomas Campbell

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