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In futurity I prophetic see, That the earth from sleep, (Grave the sentence deep) Shall arise and seek For her maker meek; And the desart wild Become a garden mild. In the southern clime, Where the summers prime, Never fades away; Lovely Lyca lay.

Seven summers old Lovely Lyca told, She had wanderd long, Hearing wild birds song. Sweet sleep come to me Underneath this tree; Do father, mother weep,— Where can Lyca sleep. Lost in desart wild Is your little child. How can Lyca sleep, If her mother weep.

If her heart does ake, Then let Lyca wake; If my mother sleep, Lyca shall not weep. Frowning frowning night, O'er this desart bright, Let thy moon arise, While I close my eyes. Sleeping Lyca lay; While the beasts of prey, Come from caverns deep, View'd the maid asleep

The kingly lion stood And the virgin view'd, Then he gambold round O'er the hallowd ground: