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1. endeared: enriched.
3. there: i.e., in "Thy bosom."
5. obsequious: dutiful (to the memory of the dead).
6. religious: dutiful, devoted.
7. interest of the dead: rightfully due to the dead. which: who.
8. remov'd: at a distance, out of sight.
10. trophies: memorials. lovers: friends, loved ones.
11. parts: shares.
12. That due of many now is thine alone: so that what was due to many is now only yours.
13. Their images I loved I view in thee: the images of those that I loved I now see in you.
14. all they: comprising all of them.