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Sonnet CCXII.

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Solea lontana in sonno consolarme.     SHE ANNOUNCES TO HIM, IN A VISION, THAT HE WILL NEVER SEE HER MORE.         To soothe me distant far, in days gone by,     With dreams of one whose glance all heaven combined,     Was mine; now fears and sorrow haunt my mind,     Nor can I from that grief, those terrors fly:     For oft in sleep I mark within her eye     Deep pity with o'erwhelming sadness join'd;     And oft I seem to hear on every wind     Accents, which from my breast chase peace and joy.     "That last dark eve," she cries, "remember'st thou,     When to those doting eyes I bade farewell,     Forced by the time's relentless tyranny?     I had not then the power, nor heart to tell,     What thou shalt find, alas! too surely true--     Hope not again on earth thy Laura's face to see."     WRANGHAM.

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"Solea lontana in sonno consolarme...."

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