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FRAGMENTS. FIFTH SERIES.

26 Literary Gazette, 18th June, 1825, Page 396

Forget thee—I may not forget, But yet my heart may turn From the shrine of its early god, Another faith to learn.

Another altar may be raised, Another idol be; But can I ever feel for them What I have felt for thee!

The convert, who, with opened eyes, Has learnt to know the truth; Will never memory recall His creed of early youth!

Thus I, altho' I know how false The worship that I paid, Must still regret the early zeal Which truth of falsehood made. L. E. L.