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54 Literary Gazette, 19th April 1823, Page 251

Nay, pray thee, let me weep, for tears Are Love's most fitting offerings: I'll weep his smiles, I'll weep his sighs, But, more than all, I'll weep his wings.

I'll weep his smiles, for they first taught My young heart what his sighs could be; I'll weep his wings, for they have, borne Away the truth You plighted me!L. E. L.