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4 Literary Gazette, 25th January, 1823, page 60

ORIGINAL POETRY. MEDALLION WAFERS.

INTRODUCTION.

I do so prize the slightest thing Touched, looked, or breathed upon by thee, That all or aught which can but bring One single thought of thine to me, Is precious as a pilgrim's gift Upon the shrine he most loves left.

And if, like those charmed caves that weep, Preserving tears of crystal dew, My lute's flow has a power to keep From perishing what it shrines too— It only shall preserve the things Bearing the bright print of Love's wings.