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 LYRICAL PIECES. Thus Pleasure, on whose treacherous whg Affeetions light, and vain del But serves in brighter hues to bring Thy.iumge to this changeless heart. AS, AT THE EARLY BREAK OF DAWN. As, at the early break of dawn, 8ooth'd by the billows' ceaseless roar, Alone, and lost in fancy's dreams, I stray'd along the winding shore, My thoughts, afar from shore, or sea, Oh, b.egt-beloved, took wing to thee I .And, as. a sadly-pleasing train Of mournful recollections rose, (For Memory, skilful as the bee, Extracts a honey, ev'u from woes) I traced, with half-unc4)nscious hand, Thy name upon' the silver sand. ......... Google

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