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STANZAS WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM.
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Hour after hour departs,Recklessly flying!
The golden time of our hearts
Is fast a-dying!
Oh! how soon will it have faded!—
Joy droops, with forehead shaded,
And Memory starts!
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When I am gone—oh! wearSweet smiles; thy dwelling
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And the sea is swelling:
And near where some rivulet lingers
In the grass, like an infant's fingers
In its mother's hair.
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Thy spirit should steep its wingIn the dews of nature;
And the living airs of Spring
Should give each feature
Of thy face a rich lustrous smiling,—
Thy thoughts from that gloom beguiling,
Which cold hours bring.
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Farewell to our delights!Love,—we are parted!
Come with thy silvery nights,
Autumn, gold-hearted!
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Their hopes, when the eve is breathing
Through leaf-starr'd lights!
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