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

Do any thing but love; or if thou lovest And art a Woman, hide thy love from him Who thou dost worship; never let him know How dear he is; flit like a bird before him,— Lead him from tree to tree, from flower to flower; But be not won, or thou wilt, like that bird, When caught and caged, be left to pine neglected, And perish in forgetfulness. L. E. L.