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 chequered scenes these varied leaves display, Pure white, and tenderest blush, and fading gray:— The rosy tints of morning will not last, And youth's gay flattering season soon is past. O may thy gentle breast no changes know, But such as from time's smoothest current flow; No cares, but those whose mellowing influence steals Mild o'er the' expansive heart that thinks and feels; And with affection tried, experienced truth Tint the white page of innocence and youth! May Love for thee exert his fullest power, And gild with sunniest gleams life's latest hour! And friendship, health, and pleasure long be thine, When cold the heart that pens this feeble line!