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TO ANNA---.
IN THE FIRST LEAF OF A COPY OF THE RELIQUARY.
Not for its minstrel worth, do we,
Dear Anna, thus present to thee
Our unpretending tome;
But in the hope that thou mayest prize
Aught that is linked by slightest ties
Unto thy future home!
Dear Anna, thus present to thee
Our unpretending tome;
But in the hope that thou mayest prize
Aught that is linked by slightest ties
Unto thy future home!
Beneath its roof, my gentle friend,
Most of these pages have been penned;
And, to a heart like thine,
The spot to which they owe their birth,
May give them a far prouder worth
Than critics would assign.
Most of these pages have been penned;
And, to a heart like thine,
The spot to which they owe their birth,
May give them a far prouder worth
Than critics would assign.
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Accept them as a pledge sincere
Of our warm wish to see thee here,
Your wedding tour once ended,
Because with thee the happiness
Of one we love, and ours no less,
Is intimately blended.
Of our warm wish to see thee here,
Your wedding tour once ended,
Because with thee the happiness
Of one we love, and ours no less,
Is intimately blended.
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