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Thus, in this wilderness of years,
Amidst the world's perplexing gloom,
The transient torch of Hymen cheers
The pilgrim journeying to the tomb.
Amidst the world's perplexing gloom,
The transient torch of Hymen cheers
The pilgrim journeying to the tomb.
Unhappy he, whose hopeless eye
Turns to the light of love in vain;
Whose Cynosure is in the sky,
He on the dark and lonely main.
Turns to the light of love in vain;
Whose Cynosure is in the sky,
He on the dark and lonely main.