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STANZAS FOR MUSIC.

1 I trust the happy hour will come,
2 That shall to peace thy breast restore;
3 And that we two, beloved friend,
4 Shall one day meet to part no more.
5 It grieves me most, that parting thus,
6 All my soul feels I dare not speak;
7 And when I turn me from thy sight,
8 The tears in silence wet my cheek.
9 Yet I look forward to the time,
10 That shall each wound of sorrow heal;
11 When I may press thee to my heart,
12 And tell thee all that now I[ feel. ]

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Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850. The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles, Vol. I. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan. Edinburgh: James Nichol, 9 North Bank Street..., 1855, p. 152.  (Page images digitized from a copy held at the University of California Libraries.)

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