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ON LEAVING A FAVOURITE RESIDENCE.
---, farewell! And with thee too adieu,
Joys left as soon as tasted! They are gone,
Even like some pleasant dream by hasty dawn
Scar'd from the lover's pillow: Fast they flew,
Joys left as soon as tasted! They are gone,
Even like some pleasant dream by hasty dawn
Scar'd from the lover's pillow: Fast they flew,
And long will they be absent. I meanwhile
(Sooth'd by the memory of the white-arm'd maid,
With whom among thy moonlight scenes I stray'd)
With melancholy minstrelsy beguile
(Sooth'd by the memory of the white-arm'd maid,
With whom among thy moonlight scenes I stray'd)
With melancholy minstrelsy beguile
The lonely hour. But me whate'er betide,
Whether on life's tempestuous ocean tost
Hopeless I view the still-retiring coast,
Or my frail bark propitious Tritons guide
Whether on life's tempestuous ocean tost
Hopeless I view the still-retiring coast,
Or my frail bark propitious Tritons guide
Through smiling seas—on Her may prosperous fate,
With its long train of changeless raptures, wait!
With its long train of changeless raptures, wait!
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