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Impromptu,

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On The Reception Of A Letter.      I would love to have thee near me,          But when I think how drear      Is each hope that used to cheer me,          I cease to wish thee here.      I know that thou, wouldst not shrink from          The storms that burst on me,      But the bitter chalice I drink from,          I will not pass to thee.      I would share the world with thee, were it          With all its pleasures mine,      But the sorrows which I inherit,          I never will make thine!

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