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64 Again his waves in milder tints unfold Their long array of sapphire and of gold, Mixt with the shades of many a distant isle, That frown—where gentler ocean seems to smile.14

Not now my theme—why turn my thoughts to thee? Oh! who can look along thy native sea, Nor dwell upon thy name, whate'er the tale. So much its magic must o'er all prevail? Who that beheld that Sun upon thee set, Fair Athens! could thine evening face forget? Not he—whose heart nor time nor distance frees, Spell-bound within the clustering Cyclades! Nor seems this homage foreign to his strain, His Corsair's isle was once thine own domain— Would that with freedom it were thine again!

The Sun hath sunk—and, darker than the night, Sinks with its beam upon the beacon height— Medora's heart—the third day's come and gone— With it he comes not—sends not—faithless one! The wind was fair though light—and storms were none,