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Led by her cheering glance 
To give our simple fancies utterance, 
A speedy answer sought : 
And confidentially looked from her, at once 
Ready solution; whom we then believed 
Possessed all knowledge, and in whom our 
trust 
Was as implicit, as succeeding years 
Have proved thro’ all the hateful jealous fears 
Thattime corrodesus with, its source wasjust! 
Well I remember some thoughts of gloom, 
AsI marked a rose’s faded bloom ; 
“Mother, did I not hear you say 
That no flowers would in Eden fade away ? 
But the rose-buds, dear Mother, I love to see, 
Which you said, I remember, resembled me ; 
Would the lovely rose-buds, do you suppose, 
Each spread its leaves to a full-blown rose ? 
For I’m sure I would not love to see 
A garden where no pretty buds would be 
Kindly she pressed my infant brow ; 
What was her answer I know not now, 
But love surpasses oblivion’s spell, 
And that look of love I remember well ! 
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And where is that happy circle now? 
Tas sorrow dimmed each bright young brow? 
Alas! the tears of some have mingled 
O’er the grave of others death has singled ; 


