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TO LORENZO.

1 Go, distant shores and brighter conquests seek,
2 But my affection will your scorn survive!
3 For not from radiant eyes or crimson cheek
4 My fondness I, or you your power derive; —
5 Nor sprung the passion from your fancied love;
6 To me, your smiles no dear delusion caused;
7 I saw you tower my humble hopes above,
8 And, ere I loved, I shuddered, trembled, paused.
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9 But I was formed to prize superior worth,
10 And felt 't was virtue you, with love, to see;
11 I hoped a choice so glorious might call forth
12 Merit like yours, Lorenzo, e'en in me. —
13 Then go, assured that mine's no transient flame,
14 For on your worth it feeds, and lives upon your fame.

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Title (in Source Edition): TO LORENZO.
Author: Amelia Opie (née Alderson)
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Opie, Amelia Alderson, 1769-1853. The Warrior's Return, and Other Poems. By Mrs. Opie. 2d. ed. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-row, 1808, pp. [53]-54.  (Page images digitized by Library of Congress Research Institute.)

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