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...fears, " My dreams have boded a'll too right— " We part— forever part — to-night ! " I knew, 1 knew it could not last — " 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly,...hour, " I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; " I never lov'da tree or flower, " But 'twas the first to fade away. 41 I never nurs'da dear gazelle, " To glad...

..." Yes, yes," she cried, " my hourly fears, " My dreams have boded all too right— " We part—for ever part— to-night! " I knew, I knew it could not...'tis past! " Oh! ever thus, from childhood's hour, " I never nurs'da dear gazelle, " To glad me with its soft black eye, " But when it came to know me...

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...bursting into heart-felt tears, " Yes, yes," she cried, " my hourly fears, " My dreams have boded all too right — " We part — • for ever part — to-night ! '« I knew, I knew it could not last — ff 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tis past ! " Oh i ever thus, from childhood's hour, " I've...

...there More beautiful than light elsewhere !" A No the childish despair of perfect innocence: page 188. "Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never lov'da tree or flower, But 'i was the first to fade away ; I never mirs'da dear gazelle. To glad me...

...bursting into heart-felt tears, " Yes, yes," she cried, " my hourly fears, " My dreams have boded all too right — " We part — * for ever part — to-night...childhood's hour, " I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; " J never lov'da tree or flower, " But 'twas the first to fade away. " I never nurs'da dear gazelle,...

...hours. And here is another letter from one of the tomh's victims. I can, indeed, say with the poet— ' I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away.' What a delicate hand-writing ! its elegance only equalled hy that of the language. How pure was the...

...of their approaching separation, and breaks out into the following sweet and girlish repining*. ' " I knew, I knew it could not last— " 'Twas bright, 'twas heavenly, but 'tig past ! '• Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, " I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; 11 I never...

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