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LYI?IOA?,. PIE(?ES. Sleep !ull'd me in his soft embrace; In blissful d?-am% I seem'd to see A we!l-known form, a well-known face; On whom did Fancy gaze ? On thee ! Thus, all that day.and.night impart, Retirement's calm, or Fo!ly's glee, Betrays tl?t void within my heart, Which only can be illI'd by thee, ESCAPED AT LENGTH, WHERE I?ONE II?]TRUDE. Esca?.x) at length, where none intrude, How lighten'd seems my load of pain, - I.live--I breathe--and solitude Haa giv'n me freedom once again ! But welcome now the willing elmin, ?hich, dearest, binde my soul to.thee-; To think on thee? howe'er in .vain, ts more than all the world to me !