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21. The last link is broken. 



That bound me to thec ; 



The words thou hast spoken 



Have rendered me free. 



Bayley. 



22. And say, without our hopes, without our fears, 

 Without the home that plighted love endears, 

 Without the smile from partial beauty won, 



! what were man ? a world without a sun. 



CampbeO. 



23. One who could change the worship of all climates, 

 And make a new religion wherever she comes, 

 Unite the differing faiths of all the world 



To idolize her face. 



Dryden. 



24. Farewell ! ah, farewell ! though my spirit may droop, 

 That its fond dream has fled, and in bitterness stoop 

 To the dust for the fall of the idol it made, 



My pride and its purity nought shall degrade. 



1 thought thee all perfect, as pure as the sun, 



And thy truth and thy brightness my wild worship won ; 

 But alas ! the illusion so cherished is o'er ; 

 My pride has been roused, and I'll meet thee no more. 



Mrs, Dinniet. 



26. Fly betimes, for only they 



Conquer love that run away. 



Carew. 



26. The frigid and unfeeling thrive the best ; 

 And a warm heart, in this cold world, is like 

 A beacon light, wasting its feeble flame 

 Upon the wintry deep, that feels it not, 

 And trembling with each pitiless gust that blows, 

 Till its faint fire is spent. 



Henry Neelt. 



87. True as a needle to the pole, 



Or as the dial to the sun ; 

 Constant as gliding waters roll, 

 Whose swelling tides obey the moon ; 

 From every other charmer free, 

 My life and lore shall follow thee. 



BooO. 



