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A Prayer To Nature. Amor Redivivus. - First Reading

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Perch tuo gran bellezze.     That thy great beauty on our earth may be             Shrined in a lady softer and more kind,             I call on nature to collect and bind             All those delights the slow years steal from thee,     And save them to restore the radiancy             Of thy bright face in some fair form designed             By heaven; and may Love ever bear in mind             To mould her heart of grace and courtesy.     I call on nature too to keep my sighs,             My scattered tears to take and recombine,             And give to him who loves that fair again:     More happy he perchance shall move those eyes             To mercy by the griefs wherewith I pine,             Nor lose the kindness that from me is ta'en!

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