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To Constantia.

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1.     The rose that drinks the fountain dew     In the pleasant air of noon,     Grows pale and blue with altered hue -     In the gaze of the nightly moon;     For the planet of frost, so cold and bright,     Makes it wan with her borrowed light.     2.     Such is my heart - roses are fair,     And that at best a withered blossom;     But thy false care did idly wear     Its withered leaves in a faithless bosom;     And fed with love, like air and dew,     Its growth -     NOTES:     _1 The rose]The red Rose B.     _2 pleasant]fragrant B.     _6 her omitted B.

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