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umber lies in dimpled eddies drown'd And roses bloom more rosily for joy, And odorous silence ripens into sound, And fingers move to sound.--All-beauteous boy! How thou dost waken into smiles, and prove, If not more lovely thou art more like Love! TO FANCY. Most delicate Ariel! submissive thing, Won by the mind's high magic to its hest-- Invisible embassy, or secret guest,-- Weighing the light air on a lighter wing;-- Whether into the midnight moon, to bring Illuminate visions to the eye of rest,-- Or rich romances from the florid West,-- Or to the sea, for mystic whispering,-- Still by thy charm'd allegiance to the will, The fruitful wishes prosper in the brain, As by the fingering of fairy skill,-- Moonlight, and waters, and soft music's strain, Odors, and blooms, and _my_ Miranda's smile, Making this dull world an enchanted isle. FAIR INES. O Saw ye not fair Ines? She's gone into the West, To dazzle when the sun is down, And rob the world of rest: She took our daylight with her, The smiles that we love best, With morning blushes on her cheek, And pearls upon her breast. O turn again, fair Ines, Before the fall of night, For fear the moon should shine alone, And stars unrivall'd bright; And blessed will the lover be That walks beneath their light, And breathes the love against thy cheek I dare not even write! Would I had been, fair Ines, That gallant cavalier, Who rode so gaily by thy side, And whisper'd thee so near! Were there no bonny dames at home, Or no true lovers here, That he should cross the seas to win The dearest of the dear? I saw thee, lovely Ines, Descend along the shore, With bands of noble gentlemen, And banners waved before; And gentle youth and maidens gay, And snowy plumes they wore; It would have been a beauteous dream, --If it had been no more! Alas, alas, fair Ines, She went away with song, With Music waiting on her steps, And shoutings of the throng; But some were sad, and felt no mirth, But only Musics wrong, In sounds that sang Farewell, Farewell, To her you've loved so long. Farewell, farewell, fair Ines, That vessel never bore So fair a lady on its deck, Nor danced so light before,-- Alas, for pleasure on the sea, And sorrow on the shore! The smile that blest one lover's heart Has broken many more! TO A FALSE FRIEND. Our hands have met, but not our hearts; Our hands will never meet again. Friends, if we have ev
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