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86 Literary Gazette, 25th December, 1824, Pages 825-826

SONGS. Farewell! and soon between us both Will roll the trackless sea; I would that it could wash away All thought of thine and thee!

Fast flies the white sail o'er the wave; I would I too could part, As I part from the sand and rock, With all that wrings my heart!

But what can I see that will not Still bring thee to my mind? Thy smile is in the clear glad light, Thy voice in the soft wind.

And even if I could forget, The blank that then were mine Were worse than all. O, better far, Be wretched, and yet thine!