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For the Spot where the HERMITAGE stood on St. Herbert's Island, Derwent-Water.

If thou in the dear love of some one friend

Hast been so happy, that thou know'st what thought

Will, sometimes, in the happiness of love

Make the heart sink, then wilt thou reverence

This quiet spot.——St. Herbert hither came

And here, for many seasons, from the world

Remov'd, and the affections of the world

He dwelt in solitude. He living here,

This island's sole inhabitant! had left

A Fellow-labourer, whom the good Man lov'd

As his own soul; and when within his cave

Alone he knelt before the crucifix

While o'er the lake the cataract of Lodore