Some heartless shout, some pity, all condemn,

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While he in fancied envy looks at them.

He seems the place for that sad act to see,

And dreams the very thirst which then will be;

A priest attends—it seems, the one he knew

In his best days, beneath whose care he grew.

At this his terrors take a sudden flight,

He sees his native village with delight;

The house, the chamber, where he once array'd