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And joyous tones were ringing, 
To her heart so long unheard 
That they seemed the sweet wild singing 
Of Summer’s first glad bird. 
Althea Frutex. — ‘ Persuasion. 
Earnestness and affection are powerfully persuasive from the lips 
that are dear to us. 
With orange blossoms in her hair, 
The blushing maiden stood, 
Mid friends beloved and bride’s-maids fair, 
While he, the pure and good, 
In sacred vestments was arrayed, 
To bind for life that freeborn maid; 
