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LVI. 



Helix ! ^ may suit thy taste and form, 

 And I like thee would shun the storm 



Of life, and live alone ; 

 Like hermit in a safe retreat, 

 From scenes where false ones coldly greet, 

 And uncongenial tempers meet. 



Unknowing and unknown. 



LVII. 



Nerita / ^ I have gaz'd on thee, 

 'Till thought of suff'ring infancy, 



Impeird the lengthened sigh ; 

 And though the spirit fain would soar, 

 Yet suff'ring nature could deplore, 

 That " to be bom seem'd little more 



Than to begin to die." 



