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Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed

1. What does the speaker of these lines say ‘yet survive’?
2. What are the lifeless things that the speaker refers to?
3. What are ‘stamp'd on these lifeless things’?
4. Why do the ‘passions’ still ‘survive’?
5. Explain the meaning of:
   • ‘The hand that mock'd them’
   • ‘the heart that fed’