Stanzas to Augusta
Though the day of my Destiny's over, And the star of my Fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so...
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Though the day of my Destiny's over, And the star of my Fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so many could find; Though thy Soul with my grief was acquainted, It shrunk not to share it with me, And the Love which my Spirit hath painted It never hath found but in _Thee_. Then when Nature around me is smiling, The last smile which answers to mine, I do not believe it beguiling, Because it reminds me of thine; And when winds are at war with the ocean, As the breasts I believed in with me, If their billows excite an emotion, It is that they bear me from _Thee.…
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