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MUSIC.

1 O Music! if thou hast a charm
2 That may the sense of pain disarm,
3 Be all thy tender tones addressed
4 To soothe to peace my Harriet's breast;
5 And bid the magic of thy strain
6 So still the wakeful throb of pain,
7 That, rapt in the delightful measure,
8 Sweet Hope again may whisper pleasure,
9 And seem the notes of Spring to hear,
10 Prelusive to a happier year!
11 And if thy magic can restore
12 The shade of days that smile no more,[Page 153]
13 And softer, sweeter colours give
14 To scenes that in remembrance live;
15 Be to her pensive heart a friend,
16 And, whilst the tender shadows blend,
17 Recall, ere the brief trace be lost,
18 Each moment that she prized the most.
19 Perhaps, when many a cheerful day
20 Hereafter shall have stolen away,
21 If then some old and favourite strain
22 Should bring back to her thoughts again
23 The hours when, silent by her side,
24 I listened to her song and sighed;
25 Perhaps a long-forgotten name,
26 A thought, if not a tear may claim;
27 And when in distant plains away,
28 Alone I count each lingering day,
29 She may a silent prayer prefer
30 For him whose heart once bled for her.

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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, pp. 152-153.  (Page images digitized from a copy held at the University of California Libraries.)

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