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LAURA TURNING TO SALUTE HIM, THE SUN, THROUGH JEALOUSY, WITHDREW BEHIND / A CLOUD.
'Tween two fond lovers I a lady spied, / Virtuous but haughty, and with her that lord, / By gods above and men below adored -- / The sun on this, myself upon that side -- / Soon as she found herself the sphere denied / Of her bright friend, on my fond eyes she pour'd / A flood of life and joy, which hope restored / Less cold to me will be her future pride.
Suddenly changed itself to cordial mirth / The jealous fear to which at his first sight / So high a rival in my heart gave birth; / As suddenly his sad and rueful plight / From further scrutiny a small cloud veil'd, / So much it ruffled him that then he fail'd.
MACGREGOR.