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HARP OF SORROW.
I gave my Harp to Sorrow's hand,
And she has ruled the chords so long,
They will not speak at my command;
They warble only to her song.
Of dear, departed hours,
Too fondly loved to last,
The dew, the breath, the bloom of flowers,
Snapt in their freshness by the blast:—
