To Hermia [pp. 282]

To Hermta.'(
tile -substitute he presented Ihit
' - dep6t and the next daV sootiht tl
teaclt thle prisonlers.
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Adowl thes.'ioluluttuin ~i tto sltros.
Smiling, r-ipplinig oi their wiay
a1O dancing in 1) ight lltblt.is' IbeaI.
,tui(d singin, eceli 1o0-c's rounodelav.
[t seemedl tlicir wavelets so() 0 uist liet,
Tilieir daces, smles1 a1111 soln IJetl~ele,
'T'o tIlander on il *i s1 1 ct,
'l.ong per-'u ow'rs that iic'I tlle I u iltlhet'l
Bult ah! whet} il~e, ba4 l mo t lset,
c cvit,r s r c,k their iurrents caned.
iAnd nowr tlci y -w ander io-nely yet,
Eacel fiom toie other s smiles estirangred.
t)h! thllus our liearts di4( seem likle tlhose
Brigih t sItIis tiat pour's d tadow'n tIe ll',iwltti l,
'rhine ptre,sad -s,rklin ats the rose,
Eacli itsi io s0sy pebbly foiuntaiin
'blihs rai e 0o1 t ii side by csile
()Otr solils seem'(, oh' almo-t to lil fle\iu lOnw l ike them Iv v ande r wide
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,ielf at tlhe }For'i oh! tl' aittetipt 11. t etil be vail,
Ot va lid, tis fi)ud 1eart wuould buir-t.
l,ike $iparta'n's theft imy love shall li
Itid in iyv Ilosolil nighlilt atnd da,
lS. S. C o n (0.oiealed iiirom everl y litiiati eye,
Till it shall goallSw t)ty heart awa.
I'll set lby glorious irlage fari -boe lle, hiigh in ltcy's liraven,
.cSd worshibp thee a sonoi)e bright star,
If tl1us miy love imay 1)e forgiven;
: i3lit, lady, bid mie inot to still
Hiope's mielodies that gushinr,g stole
h'lbro tlhis rap)t heart, whoise echoes ftil
Tlh sleret ch al bers l of i,'IV slil t
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.As iII tie collie,,d ltlt, wlieii the ikild seci
Dashes and foamls around tlhe lonely bair,
i'lutt'iing and tremcbliig mid the yeaisty wv es;
i, 1 thro' somie re,t the mighty blast litl iil(lde
In the black canopy of angry cloud,
Soml-e on1 lonie star appefars, to tell of hca v't
' lliat'- still above thie storm0, thie marin eil,iflts his deslpairing eye to gaze tihereon;
-Anid when'',ts hid, tho' blacker seem thle tuight.
ilore billowy wild the sea, and frail his barik,
Yet,'iiidst the thireateni)g of the fearfil IstorIm,
Oft looks he ilp, cltemberinl,, the star
-o, mnid thle blacker (larkness of my soul,
i -'0I! ilmelnory often tnr-n to catch again
Thbe il-it tlhat ieam'd from tl)hose bright be:i,ning
eyes
T'at olice gave pitying glance to niy despair
But ali! in vain, grief's taurky cloud shtts olit
Foe-ver eton i-oie, botht tl-ie souIl-felt glaice,
..nli tibe sw.eft hiav'i that glance t( h lope -eveail'l.
iiioljo-ite'l, trig, t l,,i 1 (r c-!,
,poni 0 t little bain'k "vii een
A plant that solitariy grewv
"Twast- lOve it idleness tile dew
.)1 leav'I a o i tleve, thes l l
poli the little ew-drops sllye;
lut ah! to( ru-e,.oo cold the air,
Ancd thlo' the plai.t wis greCll atd tii
No blld or blos som y Ct was tcher.
Beside the nlant a litle vine
fl ig't- te:derls beganii to twin'
It ars art- roitind tie sten, a-id Iress
\Vitibiin thlem l01 C /i1 idlelesa.
-ArL,d tihecr- i -.pte,f w id ad wi athier l
''he two iii beanty glow together;
.nd soonl sw.eet btuds and flow'rets r,llre
aICe forthl amnid the icaflets there
Andli thus toget-ler still thley bltllli
-Aii( ilreathle to heav'ii their mix'd perilmlte;
t 1I! we i-e olir hIearts thus closely join'd.
tr sils 0 in unilion niie'er to sever,
"hir " t le ves atld tendrils thus entwil'd.
'I'T,11f1 (. Illissoltli thules forever!
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:-":eet laIi, bid ine nrot restrain
The sig of love in sereit anurst;
Now wakes the myio0n in beiauity brighlt
And nature's face is fair,
No einviotis shlildows of the night
ReiLaiii to darkle tlheie.
LBut ah! toy heart is all abliglht
And pall'd with bhltck despair!
I)ark is life's (I1y vitlih waiting woes,
TIliat bright at I0IorinJg1 sihoe;
'lie7, beautiflil to iile the rose
Of pleasure seeit'd wheereon
l)i,l dews of iiiiioceil('e reI)ose
.n1l(l glisten iii tihe sunt;
An od itanv a tloiv'- of hope thell'ae,
Its perfiine to the air
ThIat ealrly calec to) softly nwave
'The btids of'I-oiiise there
.I-o:w scatter'd o'er a loitiely grave
The fallei flow'rs appear.
iBeside that spectre-hlaunted tomb1(1
Sad memory sits to weave
tier faided garlands, in the gloill
Thliat joys departed( leave\W1-liere flow'rs of hope no ollie' hS 1i1f10(yi
And bIlossoim to deceive!
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