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39
A Recollection.
I WELL remember in my youthful day,
When first of love I felt the inward smart,
How one fair morning, eager all to start,
My fellow hunters chided my delay.
I follow'd listless, for with tyrant sway
That secret grief oppress'd my aching heart,
Till fond Hope whisper'd, ere this day depart
Thy lov'd one thou shalt see—Away! away!
When first of love I felt the inward smart,
How one fair morning, eager all to start,
My fellow hunters chided my delay.
I follow'd listless, for with tyrant sway
That secret grief oppress'd my aching heart,
Till fond Hope whisper'd, ere this day depart
Thy lov'd one thou shalt see—Away! away!
The chace began, I shar'd its maddening glee,
And rode amid the foremost in that run,
Whose end, far distant, Love had well foretold.
Her dwelling lay betwixt my home and me;
We met, still lingering ere it sunk, the sun
O'erspread her blushes with a veil of gold.
And rode amid the foremost in that run,
Whose end, far distant, Love had well foretold.
Her dwelling lay betwixt my home and me;
We met, still lingering ere it sunk, the sun
O'erspread her blushes with a veil of gold.
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