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That fed her lamp of beauty, to her sense 
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Made of that beauty a divinity, oie ia 
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A liquid flame, pampering unaw’d desire 5H 
To full voluptuousness. And thus she lov’d, yaa 
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Wore not her youth, her mirror (telling still ve 
Of roses and of dimples) warn’d her not oT 
Of Time’s maturity, nor of the thoughts sie 
Maturity should ripen. Fancy, still, fers 
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At length, what dire calamity it were, rae 
Amid this perishable and changeful world, 1y 
To suffer immortality :—to survive wcnoes 
Our generations in perennial bloom, ge hea 
And be as one with a successive race, 4 
In endless renovation. Yes! she found gat = 
The unfading rose that ting’d her fairest cheek 
A judgment, not a boon ;—a fatal snare, 
Entangling in such woes, as to redeem 
By sallow age and bleer deformity, 
Were cheap-bought blessedness. 
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Which in her sex is melting witchery, 25 
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Were firmness and impressive dignity, rE 
His brow, so arch’d! but from his eye there. beam’d. 
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Through distant regions: from his earliest years ud 
(He could not tell how early!) so estrang’d 4 
From home and kindred, that he had forgot 
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Or of his early nurture. For his means . ‘ei. 
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To him alike mysterious: for the hand, , voll 
Was never seen that shower’d its bounties on him, °* “ 
And yet he walk’d in sunshine; and his spirit, moaQ 
Buoyant in bold adventure, had wrought out 
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