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 'And when she look'd on earth, I thought She smiled for very glee: But when she look'd to heav'n, I knew That tears stood in her ee.

'She held a mirror, there to gaze: It could no cheer bestow; For while her beauty cast the shade, Her breath did make it go.

'A harper's harp did lie by her, Without the harper's hest; A monarch's crown did lie by her, Wherein an owl had nest:

'A warrior's sword did lie by her, Grown rusty since the fight; A poet's lamp did lie by her:— Ah me!—where was its light?'