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THE CHARMS OF LAURA WHEN SHE FIRST MET HIS SIGHT.
Ne'er can the sun such radiance soft display, / Piercing some cloud that would its light impair; / Ne'er tinged some showery arch the humid air, / With variegated lustre half so gay, / As when, sweet-smiling my fond heart away, / All-beauteous shone my captivating fair; / For charms what mortal can with her compare! / But truth, impartial truth! much more might say.