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PEA, Sweet. 



Departure. 



Lathyrus odoratus. 









Parting strikes poor lovers dumb. . t . . Shaks. 



And there were sudden partings, such ad press 

 The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs. 



%7-fltt. 



And is he gone ? on sudden solitude 



How oft that fearful question will intrude ! 



'Twas but an instant past and here he stood ! same. 



I '11 think it but a fond conceit ; 



It cannot be that thou art gone ! . . . . Coleridge. 



Think'st thou that she, whose only light, 



In this dim world, from thee hath shone, 



Could bear the long and cheerless night, 



That must be hers when thou art gone ? . . Moore. 



How can I live without thee, how forego 



Thy sweet converse and love? Milton. 



* * * There is no living, none, 



If Bertram be away Shaks. 



PEACH BLOSSOM. 

 Amygdalus persica. 



/ am your captive. 



I strove not to resist so sweet a flame 1 , 

 But gloried in a happy captive's name. 

 Nor would I now, could love permit, be free ! 



^Lyttelton. 



My heart with love is beating, 

 Transported by your eyes ; 



Alas ! there 's no retreating, 

 In vain a captive flies. 



Old Song. 



I ne'er saw excellence in woman-kind 



Till now, and yet, discern'd it at the first : 



Perfection is discover'd in a moment, 



He that ne'er saw the sun before, yet knew him. 



Dryden. 



There is a nymph whose chains I feel, 

 And bless the silken fetter 



Moore. 



There 's a dear charm about her 

 'Tis a heart so kind and warm, 

 Mine would break without her. 



Never 



Till this moment could I say 

 Here I fix my choice for ever. 



Song. 



Still I 'm thy captive, yet my thoughts are free : 



To be love's bond-man, is true liberty.! . . Marston. 



