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 70 Literary Gazette, 26th October, 1822, Pages 681-2

ORIGINAL POETRY. DRAMATIC SCENES. — I.

The very life of love is confidence.

Agnes. Oh, never, never! I am vowed to the grave:—I have loved once, And woman's heart cannot again expand Like flowers that close at eve, but to each sense Unfold their charms. Julian (disguised.) Oh, thou wilt break thy vow: Thou art too young, too beautiful, to nurse Memory's pale phantoms! Hope will suit thee better. Trust me, fair girl, hope is the sun of spring. Agnes. I do hope—hope most fondly, fervidly, One last and only hope, that I shall die! For there are starry homes, where faithful hearts Shall mingle in their glory and their love.