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XVII.
'Twas not the casque, or snowy plume,That maiden's glance would greet;
She sought athwart the midnight gloom,
Her lover's eyes to meet,
The jet-black eyes whose lightning-blaze
Flash'd all too bright for mortal gaze,
Till, soften'd by the drooping lid,
All save love's trembling beams were hid.
The hero's toil-brown'd cheek was there;
The polish'd brow was slightly bent,
As if the statesman's studious care,
To youth's own candid front, so fair,
That cast of thought had lent.
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