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Poems

By the Hon. Julian Fane: Second Edition with Additional Poems

Fane, Julian Henry Charles (1827-1870)

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EPISTLE AD AMICUM.

FROM THE GERMAN OF HEINE.

IDEM.

THE LAY OF BRAGI.

DRAMATIC FRAGMENT.

SHELLEY'S GRAVE.

THE POET'S PETITION.

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IDEM.

First Love, albeit a hapless passion,
He who feels it is a god!
But he who twice a hapless passion
Cherishes—he is a clod!

I, once again, a hapless passion
Cherish—what a clod am I!
Sun, Moon and Stars are laughing at me,
I laugh with them—and I die!