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Ye phantoms of unreal delight, Visions of fond delirium born! Rise not on my deluded sight, Then leave me drooping and forlorn To know, such bliss can never be, Unless Amanda loved like me.

The visionary, nursing dreams like these, Is not indeed unhappy. Summer woods Wave over him, and whisper as they wave, Some future blessings he may yet enjoy. And as above him sail the silver clouds, He follows them in thought to distant climes, Where, far from the cold policy of this,