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And gaze on the pictured smile no more That thus can life out-last, All between parted souls is o'er;— —Love! love! forget the past!

"Voice of vain boding! away, be still!   Strive not against the faith That yet my bosom with light can fill,    Unquench'd, and undimm'd by death:

"From the pictured smile I will not turn,   Though sadly now it shine; Nor quit the shades that in whispers mourn    For the step once linked with mine:

"Nor shut mine ear to the song of old,   Though its notes the pang renew, —Such memories deep in my heart I hold,    To keep it pure and true.