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TO MY FRIEND, MR. E. PARMLY,
ON THE MORNING OF HIS DEPARTURE FOR EUROPE, JULY 8TH, 1824.
When, on ebon car advancing,
Mellow eve resumes her sway,
While on rippling waters dancing,
Brightly sparkles Cynthia's ray,
Freed from languid day's dominion,
Hearts are light,
Eyes are bright,
Music playing,
Zephyrs straying,
Fan the groves with balmy pinion;
Then will I remember thee,
Wilt thou, then, too, think of me?
Mellow eve resumes her sway,
While on rippling waters dancing,
Brightly sparkles Cynthia's ray,
Freed from languid day's dominion,
Hearts are light,
Eyes are bright,
Music playing,
Zephyrs straying,
Fan the groves with balmy pinion;
Then will I remember thee,
Wilt thou, then, too, think of me?
When through sheets of fleecy vapor,
Glows the zenith's starry dome;
When the glow-worm lights her taper,
To allure her rover home;
While pale Avarice counts his treasure,
Lovers meet,
Moments sweet,
Vows renewing,
Doubts subduing,
'T is the hour of purest pleasure;
Then will I remember thee,
Then bestow one thought on me.
Glows the zenith's starry dome;
When the glow-worm lights her taper,
To allure her rover home;
While pale Avarice counts his treasure,
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Moments sweet,
Vows renewing,
Doubts subduing,
'T is the hour of purest pleasure;
Then will I remember thee,
Then bestow one thought on me.
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