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And not a sunbeam might intrude Upon its twilight solitude. It was the very place to strew The latest violets that grew Upon the feathery moss, then dream,— Lull'd by the music of the stream,— Fann'd by those scented gales which bring The garden's wealth upon their wing, Till languid with its own delight, Sleep steals like love upon the sight, Bearing those visionings of bliss That only visit sleep like this.

And paused the maid,—the moonlight shed Its light where leaves and flowers were spread, As there she had their sweetness borne, A pillow for a summer morn;