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 Literary Gazette, 11th August 1821, page 509

ORIGINAL POETRY.

APOLOGUE. The thought suggested by a Spanish saying. "AIR—FIRE—WATER—SHAME."

WATER. Seek for me in the Arab maid's bower, Where the fountain plays over the jasmine flower; Seek for me in the light cascade, The minstrel lists in the green-wood shade; Seek me at morn 'mid the violet's dyes; Seek me where rainbows paint April skies; In the blue rush of rivers, the depths of the sea, If we should sever, there seek for me.

FIRE. Seek for me where the war-shots meet, Where the soldier's cloak is his winding-sheet; Seek for me where the lava wave, Bursts from Etna's secret cave; Seek for me where Christmas mirth Brightens the circle of love round your hearth; Where meteor-flames glance, where the stars are bright, Where the beacon flashes at the dead midnight; Where the lightning scathes the tall oak tree, If we should sever, there seek for me.

AIR. Seek for me where the Spanish maid Hearkens at eve to the serenade; Seek for me where the clouds are dark, Where the billows foam round the sinking bark; Where the aspen leaf floats on the summer's gale, Where the rose bends low at the nightingale's tale; Where the wind-harp wakens in melody, If we should sever, there seek for me.

SHAME. Seek not me, if we should sever, Parted once, we part for ever.