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Rh 5.

These might the boldest Sylph appall,

When gleaming with meridian blaze;

Thy beauty must enrapture all;

But who can dare thine ardent gaze?

6.

'Tis said that Berenice's hair,

In stars adorns the vault of heaven;

But they would ne'er permit thee there,

Thou wouldst so far outshine the seven.

7.

For did those eyes as planets roll,

Thy sister-lights would scarce appear:

E'en suns, which systems now controul,

Would twinkle dimly through their sphere. Friday, November 7, 1806.