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for another kiss. But there is no setting forth 
the ineffable grace and sweetness of their chaste 
behavior. I looked and looked, till a passing 
carriage frightened them away. They were 
only common cedar-birds ; if I were to see them 
again I should not know them; but if my pen 
were equal to my wish, they should be made 
immortal. 
