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17 Literary Gazette, 9th March, 1822, Page 152

SONG.
 * Listen to the tale
 * That on the night gale

Blends with the rose's sigh;
 * The moon shines o'er thy bower,
 * Yon star has marked the hour

When no step and no sound are nigh.


 * Like the nightbird's lay
 * Which dares not by day

Tell of its hope and fear,
 * But awakens the flower
 * On the still moonlight hour,

When not another song is near.


 * Then ope those blue eyes,
 * The smile which there lies

Glancing of love, fond love;
 * So like yon star's sweet ray,
 * Whose brightness clears away

Each shadow that darkens above.


 * The pearls of the sea
 * Were worthless to me,

Earth's gems in vain were mine;
 * They would not give the bliss
 * Of a moment like this

When I breathe that sweet sigh of thine. L. E. L.