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STANZAS;

BY

BERNARD BARTON.


There is beauty on the mountain,
In the morning's early gleam;
There is beauty the fountain,
By the moonlight's silv'ry beam;

But more beautiful the splendour
Of thy smile, Love, when we meet;
And that dewy eye more tender,
Which can make e'en parting sweet.

There is music in the measure
Of the soaring sky-lark's lay,
When he hails with eager pleasure
The rising orb of day;—

There is melody enchanting
In sweet Philomela's voice,
When she, with music panting,
Bids drowsy night rejoic;—