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Oh, thou dark and gloomy city! / Let me turn my eyes from thee; / Sorrow, sympathy nor pity, / In thy presence seems to be; / Darkness like a pall hath bound thee -- / Shadow of thy world within -- / With thy drear revealings round me, / Love seems vain, and hope a sin. / L. E. L.
Mary on her arrival in London, went straight to Portman Square, where / she was received with affectionate gladness by her venerable relations.