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Present, past and fancy are all mingled in Hugh’s experiences this day, showing his weakened condition, and the feeling for Jamie obsesses him.
9. Hate slept that day,
Was it hate or an inversion of love?
18. At last the buzzard beak no longer tore
What “buzzard beak”?
Define: lethargy, maudlin.
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4. And now serenely beautiful etc.
These lines were suggested to the author by a picture, “The Death of Absalom.”