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THE ANGLERS SOUVENIR. 



the faithful picture is portrayed. The memory of 

 dear, departed days is recalled, and a full tide of 

 ' pleasure bursts upon his heart, to be succeeded, 

 when the enchanting vision has passed, by a corre- 

 sponding depression, when he reflects how small 

 is the chance of his ever visiting his native place 

 again ; but that, 



" Getting and spending," 



he is doomed to wear out his life in a round which 

 affords little pleasure from reflection or from hope : 



" He sees 



A mountain ascending, a vision of trees ; 

 Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide, 

 And a river rolls on through the vale of Cheapside. 



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He looks, and his heart is in Heaven ; but they fade, 

 The mist and the river, the hill and the shade ; 

 The stream will not flow, and the hill will not rise, 

 And the colours have all passed away from his eyes." 



