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 From a review in The Literary Gazette, 25th November 1826, page 741

"The Spirit and the Angel of Death. By L. E. L.

"Spirit. I have been over the joyous earth, When the blushing morning gave daylight birth: The boughs and grass were sown with pearls, As an Eastern queen had unbound her curls, And showered their treasures o'er leaf and flower; And then I saw how the noontide hour Kiss'd them away, as if the sun Touched all with joy that it shone upon. I saw a crimson rose, like an urn Wherein a thousand odours burn; It grew in the shade, but the place was bright With the glory and glow of its fragrant light.