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Rh Shades of light transient Loves shall pass thee by, And glowing Hopes, and Sports of youthful vein; And each shall claim one short, half pleasing sigh, A farewell sigh to Love's and Fancy's reign. Lo there the seats where Science loved to dwell, Where Liberty her ardent spirit breathed; While each glad Naiad from her secret cell Her native sedge with classic honours wreathed. O seats beloved in vain ! Your rising dome With what fond joy my youthful eyes surveyed; Pleased by your sacred springs to find my home, And tune my lyre beneath your growing shade! Does Desolation spread his gloomy veil Your grass-grown courts and silent halls along? Or busy hands there pile the cumbrous sail, And Trade's harsh din succeed the Muse's song?