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1. ''Outside of Copp's Tavern, the Grand Admiral. A view of the Thames and Wapping''.

Song. Oh! not when other eyes may read My heart upon my cheek, Oh! not when other ears can hear Dare I of love to speak— But when the stars rise from the sea. Oh then I think of thee, dear love!
 * Oh then I think of thee.

When o'er the olives of the dell The silent moonlight falls, And when upon the rose, the dew Hangs scented coronals, And buds close on the chestnut tree, Oh then I think of thee, dear love!
 * Oh then I think of thee.

. Thou'rt the very best lass in the whole kingdom, and I love thee as I loved my poor brother; that's because you're his very image. To be sure, you have n't his jolly nose, and your little mouth is but a fool to his. But then, there are his eyes, and his smile, and the good humoured cut of his face—(sigh-