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Yet there was hope—for she who caused his sighs, 
Shining beneath the lamps with brighter blaze, 
so» @ Had marked:with blended pleasure and surprise « to yieh awT 
. His fixed_and fervent, yet respecttul.gaze. os: oyitemul s asosig 
For ladies love that homage of the eyes, .:.) sooo!) 49 woq on baw 
_ Tribute deserved, which youth to beauty pays. yy mcs pnriaare 
His hair, height, dress, her mind had noteddown d F " Ii fe 
Besides, nor thought him ugly nor a clown. © : sadT ‘a 
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_. He sought the Opera oftener than before ; teving od? oi onl 
'. He searched the parks again and yet again; ;._ serei senak sealladiene 
And Kensington’s fair garden traversed o’er, fs Te aa 
With every haunt most likely to contain © damage pitas ¥” 
is “What fashion styles the world; and many a score ot 
Of visits paid to Recent Street in vain ; 1 Ae 30 
Till, like the luckless lover of Miss Bailey, ro i Hi 28 
He lost his stomach, and grew thinner daily. Wail on | 
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At last—for love will well reward at last 
The faithful hearts that own his high command, 
Adding rich recompense for torments past— 
As Ernest took his now accustomed stand, W-HF189 
Punch came, and sudden hope was o’er him cast, 3 avowolt 
While, as by some enchanter’s potent wand, is edgetiqa 
Flocked round a motley, laughter-loving crew, 10 snore Tac 
Who wondered still at what so well they knew, ris ate 
The lover heard:and saw ; and came like light & Wu 
Pres Th’ intoxicating thought, that by the aid NH DIG .ob 
y Of Punch and his good spouse, perchance he might:.foso08 yori » 
Draw forth the hidden fair; he therefore bade), 4:1; Yo ssueve vo 
The chief magician of that sound and sight— i ewan 
With largess at the moment duly paid,— aan 
Move slowly on, and shew his feats before 
The windows of each house and every door. 
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Himself too followed with the merry train, 
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* And looked with love’s keen glance on either side, wire oil 
Till, at a plate-glass window, standing plain, / PE 
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The form so stamped upon his heart he spied. Nar . 
wid Excess of joy caused doubt—he looked again, ga hs be: 
And certainty brought rapture’s fuller tide; 9 e90s@-SUMOs 
or there, with playful smile and kindling eye, - a inutsqisg . 
hat maiden viewed the matchless drollery. sbrey “u9dda 
“Not with more transport did the Grecks of old, is ; 
The brave ten thousand of the famed retreat, . ‘ 
Worn with their long and perilous march, behold A TRECs 
The boundless ocean foaming at their feet;'\1 j DoJoorgorn 
Not with more transport, after toils, untold, ioyo buvod om severe 
The western world did stout Columbusijgneet,, oo, iq 8 odil eilool 
Than that delighted lover, then and there, sao no host of exgb 
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Viewed the long-lost and late-discovered fair. 4). jojyon ofT 
She. gazed. on Punch, andisaw her lover t0oj1i0) to: w 10l--erowoh 
And blushing recognized ;| then soonjhermames ic boos bas oetw 
an Lineage, and spotless worth, young Ernest, knew, j2 ‘to orttgerd bas 
4-4,,, And, brought to her acquaintance, urged his CAM, 5 cosh romobisg 
_ An moments sweet ; which, sweeter, moments drew... iigaitluxe bas 
(oo) And soft confession of a mutual flame, - ae nf yee 
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i ‘Which e’én ‘a patent’s prudence could approve— eS Sa 
vos > >)"'Thus ‘Punchinello'served the cause of love!) (Se Po cor ebee 
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