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, Muse, the conscious torch, whose nightly flame, (The shining signal of a brighter dame, Thro' trackless waves the bold Leander led, To taste the dang'rous joys of Hero's bed: Sing the stol'n bliss in gloomy shades conceal'd, And never to the blushing morn reveal'd. I see the lovely youth triumphant ride O'er the proud billows of th' insulted tide; And lo! a light shoots glimm'ring from afar, Of nuptial sweets the kind-presaging star: A light! which (would propitious Jove encline) In brighter glory should for ever shine; And mix'd among its kindred fires above, Be call'd the gentle harbinger of love.