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Show I TIIK OI-W OA IlllKT. Ob rnra nwpet dream, within the garret oldrn, Whes'o rtiJe wall Bw wi'b fnm j' rn-llaDi fire ; OU fair, young liearl, wboie ntery tluiuglit N ri.I- IHirouiliig with pure dnslre! Thoro, whore we pored above tbo Tolumo'ii Irra- And lived wtthle a world of dear romanrs ; Ttieie, trhrre wo uuuglil tbiuimnd oiii closs jile. tlwrmi'ngiwcli Loikward glanto- Atiin tlie sitnlijibl itrenmion fli'or nnd rattor ; At.-alu we rummage In each cnhweMiotl uook ; Fnllson our ears llio nouud uf tllvnry Imigbler, Sweeter ttia'i bird or brook, .Sounds friin the distant world Jar not our dream- Tho dn to) coo no ft I y 'nenth the ebeltorlug eare, Ami fnirj'-Und iiall ruuoJ ui beaming, The laud that rbllilhooil leaves. Whl j0!" WBre born- 'n ioory never dying, An, poring o'er tbe uoet's pie of gold, W heeded uol Ibe moment' ewiflly flying. OarolfM of beat or cold I The walla ofArt'e gorgeoni ami ftaiMy pillage, Hold no inch pirlurn ns our fancy frame 1 Ou them rough wutl. Oh, could we ellp tbe clmllce Of yoatli, 10 dearly famed Oh. could we beer, amid tlie toil nnd timing, The bright, fnir fmpulien Ihm held ue lhn, Wlurh come, now dimly t chord, and rovlTitig Lifo'x defir liniu ngniu 1 Still my wo kepp our childhood'n prrcioui vlnioD Uulo llfo'n tranquil itud reniotrnt evu ; For, iu its day-clrenuio anil iln joys olyeiau, Tlila gHrrst isoiuod nvnr hrarou. |