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STANZAS.
To me thy yet surviving bloom
And ling'ring sweetness can recall
Hearts which, unchill'd by gath'ring gloom,
Can meekly live and love—through all.

From such, in seasons dark and drear,
Immortal hopes, of noblest worth,
Feelings and thoughts, to virtue dear,
Gush like thy dying fragrance forth,

And fling a holier charm around
Than prosp'rous hours could ever know;
For rapture's smile less fair is found
Than that which Patience lends to Woe!

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