reft

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Or the charm that thou seekest is reft of its power;

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How much pure delight has not been reft from us!

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Nay, to me, forgotten, reft Of insight, lapped by trees and flowers, was left The notion of a service—ha?

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Since that dear voice which did thy sounds approve, Which wont in such harmonious strains to flow, Is reft from earth to join the spheres above, What art thou but a harbinger of woe?

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Not till the nineteenth century was their last stronghold, Malta, reft from them by Napoleon, to pass finally under the flag of England.

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