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Beside the dimness of the glimmering sea, / Weaving swift language from impassioned themes, / With that dear friend I lingered, who to me / So late had been restored, beneath the gleams / Of the silver stars; and ever in soft dreams / Of future love and peace sweet converse lapped / Our willing fancies, till the pallid beams / Of the last watchfire fell, and darkness wrapped / The waves, and each bright chain of floating fire was snapped;