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LXXXII. L'ENVOY.
—‘Ah! discender ti piaccia
Ov' io t' invito; ah! vieni!’—
Ov' io t' invito; ah! vieni!’—
And do not think that childhood's love
Has waned with years advancing:—
Ah do not hold thy sweetness less,
Thy presence less entrancing!
Has waned with years advancing:—
Ah do not hold thy sweetness less,
Thy presence less entrancing!
And do not dream my silence tells
A tale of lost affection:
That absence hides the conscious shame
Of recreant recollection.
A tale of lost affection:
That absence hides the conscious shame
Of recreant recollection.
The mother sees the child she lost
Thro' nightlong watches weeping:—
I find none other like to thee
Thro' waking or thro' sleeping.
Thro' nightlong watches weeping:—
I find none other like to thee
Thro' waking or thro' sleeping.
And, heart-hid from the lips, thy name
On Love's fond sighs is nearest;
The dear dear face I may not see
For evermore the dearest.
On Love's fond sighs is nearest;
The dear dear face I may not see
For evermore the dearest.
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