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A LOVER'S OATH.

By Diana's silver car,
By the bright Hesperian Star
By Aurora's blushing cheek,
By pale Eve with farewell meek;

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By the golden noon day bright,
By the sphere bespangled night,
By the nectar breathing rose,
By each tender plant that blows
By the daisy sprinkled plain,
By the azure bosom'd main,
By the flowry margin'd rills,
By the woods and by the hills,
By all pretty things that move,
By yourself all sweets above,
You and only you I love.—