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THE BOUQUET. 91 

PEA — SWEET, 
LATHYRUS ODORATUS. 
Departure. 
My love will grow 
Intenser in our absence, and again 
Burn with a tender glow when I return. 
Fear not; this is my last resolve, and this 
My parting token. PERCIVAL. 
Bur then to part! to part when Time 
Has wreathed his tireless wing with flowers, 
And spread the richness of a clime 
Of fairy o’er this land of ours. 
When glistening leaves and shaded streams 
In the soft light of Autumn lay, : 
And, like the music of our dreams, 
The viewless breezes seemed to stray — 
?T was bitter then to rend the heart 
With the sad thought that we must part; 
And, like some low and mournful spell, 
To whisper but one word — farewell! 
P. BENJAMIN. 





