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elusion of all other shrubs. So love, once master of a heart, 
leaves no room for any other sentiment. Scott has borne his 
testimony to the universality of love: — 
In peace, Love tunes the shepherd’s reed; 
In war, he mounts the warrior’s steed; 
In halls, in gay attire is seen; 
In hamlets, dances on the green: 
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, 
And men below, and saints above; 
For love is heaven, and heaven is love. 
He was among them all — 
The bright, the young, the fair; 
But on his brow they marked a shade, 
A still deep shadow that betrayed, 
E’en when he bowed at beauty’s thrall, 
. His spirit was not there; 
But sought a dearer light afar — 
A gentler and a purer star. 
He was among them all — 
The bright, the young, the fair; 
When softest eyes did softly glance, 
And fairy feet were in the dance, 
Dreaming, amid their music fall, 
Of one who was not there; 
Sighing to greet that light afar — 
The gentler and the purer star. 
He was among them all — 
The bright, the young, the fair; 
When music stolen from heaven above 
Was gently breathed by lips of love, 
