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FANCY.
Would you win from fancy power?—
Woo her in the witching hour,
When the drooping sun retires,
And the moon with softer fires
Soothes with dew the drooping flower!
Woo her in the witching hour,
When the drooping sun retires,
And the moon with softer fires
Soothes with dew the drooping flower!
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She is free when evening closes,
Fondly veiling summer's roses,
To pursue, with noiseless flying,
As the breeze of ocean sighing,
Seeks where zephyr still reposes.
Fondly veiling summer's roses,
To pursue, with noiseless flying,
As the breeze of ocean sighing,
Seeks where zephyr still reposes.
Lo! you trace her airy motion
In the woods and o'er the ocean,—
By the wing in tree-top whirring,
By the zephyr sudden stirring,
By the little lake's commotion.
In the woods and o'er the ocean,—
By the wing in tree-top whirring,
By the zephyr sudden stirring,
By the little lake's commotion.
Earth grows fragrant in her power,—
'Tis from her she wins her dower;
Sigh for sunset, gleam for alley,
Flush for grove, and voice for valley,
Scent for sun, and beam for flower.
'Tis from her she wins her dower;
Sigh for sunset, gleam for alley,
Flush for grove, and voice for valley,
Scent for sun, and beam for flower.
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