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fell: inhumanly cruel; lethal; dire; sinister. that fell arrest: i.e., death.
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My life hath in this line some interest: i.e., my life has some ownership rights to this poetry. I'm guessing that the other owner of the poetry is the poet's beloved, who inspired the poetry.
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still: always.
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part was: part of me which was.
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dregs: the basest or least desirable portion.
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the coward conquest of a wretch's knife: i.e., the poet's corpse. The idea seems to be that death (the "wretch") is a coward who conquers by sneaking up and stabbing is victims in the back.
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of thee to be remembered: to be remembered by you.
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that: the body.
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that: i.e., the "that which it contains" of the previous line. this: i.e., the poet's spirit embodied in his poetry.