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TO THE MEMORY
OF
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
I NOW DEDICATE, WITH EQUAL AFFECTION, REVERENCE, AND REGRET, A
POEM INSCRIBED TO HIM WHILE YET ALIVE IN WORDS WHICH ARE NOW
RETAINED BECAUSE THEY WERE LAID BEFORE HIM; AND TO WHICH, RATHER
THAN CANCEL THEM, I HAVE ADDED SUCH OTHERS AS WERE EVOKED BY
THE NEWS OF HIS DEATH: THAT THOUGH LOSING THE PLEASURE I MAY
NOT LOSE THE HONOUR OF INSCRIBING IN FRONT OF MY WORK THE HIGHEST
OF CONTEMPORARY NAMES.
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