"—————————— to death's abode Prone lies the path, and facile is the road. To all who seek them open day and night, Pluto's black gates with broad access invite. But to recall the foot, retrace the way Up the dark steep, and re-assert the day— This is the labor, this the mighty feat, Achieved by few, the greatest of the great."
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Charles Symmons
1753 – 1839
Charles Symmons (1749 – 27 April 1826) was a Welsh poet and priest.
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