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55 Literary Gazette, 26th April 1823, Page 268-269

ORIGINAL POETRY. FRAGMENTS. Just two or three faint chords. The lights are fair in my father's hall, The red wine is bright to see; But I'll flee like a bird and leave them all, My Ocean Love! for thee.

There is gold around my silken robe, And white pearls are in my hair: And they say that gems and the broidered vest Are woman's chiefest care;

But dearer to me is one silent smile Of thine eagle eye than them all; And dearer the deck of thy bark to me    Than my father's lighted hall.

I have no home now but thy arms, And they are the world to me; And be thou but true, I'll never regret All, dear love! I have left for thee.