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...beams eternal day. HOME RECOLLECTIONS OF A BEREAVED LOVER " Oh ever thus, since childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower, But it was sure to fade away. ',' I never nursed a young gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye; But...

...— Epitaph on Killigrew, N o. II. Stanza 4. GAZELLE. — Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But...

...self-approving hour whole years outweighs SQ Another example, '• Oh, oven from my childhood's hour I've seen my fondest hopes decay! I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to die; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when...

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...of the serpent is over them all. Paradise and the Perl. Line 206. Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I "ve seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But...

...from where a party sat on a bench of rustic sticks. " 'Twas ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. "—TOM MOOBB." Another poet, not so well read in verse, Doth now conclude...

...lady sleeps in the shade below. WC BRYANT SONG OF HINDA OH ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never loved a tree or flower, but 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle, to glad me with its soft black eye, but...