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 Drops in lethargic languor, ev'ry surge Swells thy embitter'd draught; the faithful Torch Expires amid the tempest, thy fond eye Just views the falling light, and sinks in death.

Full o'er the Deep impatient Hero por'd, Pond'ring the long delay; peace from her thoughts, And soft repose are banish'd, cares on cares Distract her lab'ring bosom; soon as Dawn Wakes from his throne of light, around she throws The gaze of anxious hope, haply to view Her Lover, riding o'er the Main, to view Leander wand'ring wayward from his course, Rest of his polar Star; her wilder'd look Roves to the shore beneath, aghast she shrieks, Her soul's dear part'ner breathless on the strand, Dash'd on the savage rocks; frantic she rends Her various vestment, strengthen'd by Despair Springs from the Tow'r precipitate, and dies On lov'd Leander's bosom—union sweet! Which Life too transient bless'd, nor Death divides.