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Prefixed to the volume of which the group of six poems following this prelude constituted the first portion.
I WOULD the gift I offer here Might graces from thy favor take, And, seen through Friendship's atmosphere, On softened lines and coloring, wear The unaccustomed light of beauty, for thy sake.