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To Laura In Death. Sonnet XIII.

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Quante fiate al mio dolce ricetto.     HER FORM STILL HAUNTS HIM IN SOLITUDE.         How oft, all lonely, to my sweet retreat     From man and from myself I strive to fly,     Bathing with dewy eyes each much-loved seat,     And swelling every blossom with a sigh!     How oft, deep musing on my woes complete,     Along the dark and silent glens I lie,     In thought again that dearest form to meet     By death possess'd, and therefore wish to die!     How oft I see her rising from the tide     Of Sorga, like some goddess of the flood;     Or pensive wander by the river's side;     Or tread the flowery mazes of the wood;     Bright as in life; while angel pity throws     O'er her fair face the impress of my woes.     MERIVALE.

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