Enlarge my life with multitude of days, In health, in sickness, thus t…

Samuel Johnson
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Enlarge my life with multitude of days, In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy. ✨ 'The Vanity of Human Wishes' (1749) l. 255
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