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HE LEAVES VAUCLUSE, BUT HIS SPIRIT REMAINS THERE WITH LAURA.
The loved hills where I left myself behind, / Whence ever 'twas so hard my steps to tear, / Before me rise; at each remove I bear / The dear load to my lot by Love consign'd.