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DEDICATION FOR AN ALBUM.
Flattery, fair but false, retire!
Off, incorrigible liar,
With thy tongue and pen of fire!
Off, incorrigible liar,
With thy tongue and pen of fire!
Here thy words are needed not:
Ever sacred be this spot
Unto Love,—which changes not;
Ever sacred be this spot
Unto Love,—which changes not;
Unto Friendship, true and pure,
Which shall evermore endure,
As the earth's foundation sure!
Which shall evermore endure,
As the earth's foundation sure!
Unto Truth, whose words, though few,
Gently falling as the dew,
Have a power forever new!
Gently falling as the dew,
Have a power forever new!
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