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The Flood of Thessaly

The Girl of Provence, and Other Poems. By Barry Cornwall [i.e. Bryan Waller Procter]

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THIS VISION OF THE FALL OF SATURN IS INSCRIBED TO CHARLES LAMB BY HIS ADMIRER AND SINCERE FRIEND THE AUTHOR.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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THIS VISION OF THE FALL OF SATURN IS INSCRIBED TO CHARLES LAMB BY HIS ADMIRER AND SINCERE FRIEND THE AUTHOR.

Good Friend! whose spirit, like an April day,
Is full of change,—bright flashes and some rain,
Fantastic, gay,—yet gentle more than gay,
And rich and deep as in the populous main,
Take—(if thou wilt)—my song. I build my fame
Beneath the shadow of thy rising name,
(Which shall not pass away while wit shall be,)
Proud to associate my verse with thee.