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This heart that broke so long —

This heart that broke so long —

These feet that never flagged —

This faith that watched for star in vain,

Give gently to the dead —

Hound cannot overtake the Hare

That fluttered panting, here —

Nor any schoolboy rob the nest

Tenderness builded there.
To Celia. Occasioned by her apprehending her house would be broke open, and having an old fellow to guard it, who sat up all night, with a gun without any ammunition.

CUPID CALLED TO ACCOUNT.

LAST night, as my unwilling mind

To rest, dear Celia, I resign'd;

For how should I repose enjoy,

While any fears your breast annoy?

Forbid it, heav'n, that I should be

From any of your troubles free.

O! would kind Fate attend my pray'r,
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