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THE SIGHT OF LAURA'S HOUSE REMINDS HIM OF HIS MISERY.
Is this the nest in which my phoenix first / Her plumage donn'd of purple and of gold, / Beneath her wings who knew my heart to hold, / For whom e'en yet its sighs and wishes burst? / Prime root in which my cherish'd ill had birth, / Where is the fair face whence that bright light came.