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