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Literary Gazette, 19th October, 1822, Pages 664

SONGS ON ABSENCE.

My heart is with thee, Iove! though now Thou'rt far away from me: I envy even my own thoughts, For they may fly to thee.

I dream of thee, and wake and weep So sweet a dream should fly; I pray the winds to bear thee, Love! An echo of my sigh.

I look upon thy pictured face, And to thy semblance say The gentle things I'd say to thee If thou wert not away.

I let no other share my grief, Lest they should feel the same; I'm jealous that another's lip Should only breathe thy name.

I nurse my silent thoughts of thee, As misers hoard their gold, Or as words of some powerful spell, Too sacred to be told.

I read once of a magic glass An Eastern Fairy made; All that was present to the thought Was in that glass pourtrayed.

In one thing changed, how I do wish The magic mirror mine: All shapes were imaged there, but I      Would only wish for thine!