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The DEATH of LOVE.
SONG.
I saw the leaves of Hope uncloseI drank their rich meridian bloom ;And oh ! behold her fairest rose,Stripp'd of its blush and gay perfume.
Yes ! I beheld her brightest flow'r,Laid low by rude Fate's cutting wind ;Speechless I view'd the tempest low'r,And mark'd the rents it left behind.
I watch'd the furtive glance of Love,On me it dwelt, or seem'd to dwell ;And oh ! in vain my weak heart strove,To break its sweet and 'witching spell.
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How I have gaz'dto madness gaz'd,On charms that others ne'er could find ;No faintest trace has time eras'd,Of all that stole my passive mind.
I meet again the thrilling beam,That caus'd my bosom's peace to die ;I hear once more those accents stream,That woke the wild delirious sigh.
Yes ! I have seen the gradual death,Of all that Hope or Love could give ;And mutely watch'd their fading breath ;This have I seen ! and yet I live.
Aug. 1804.
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