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LIFE.
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Of Eden land; it is a blooming bower,
And I its merriest, happiest singing-bird.
They tell us of a brighter, better clime,
Beyond the star-lit azure, but I fain
Would live for ever on this earth."

                  Thus sang
At morn a wild and joyous-hearted girl,
Upon a flowery lea. Her loosened hat
Was swinging on her shoulders; her white hand
Strayed 'mid the surrey ringlets of her hair;
Her blue eyes glistened with her happy dreams;
And sweet smiles played, like honey bees, around
Her parted cherry lips. Young roses lay
Upon her budding bosom; and glad thoughts
Were springing in her heart—sweet spirit-flowers,
More fresh, more bright, more beautiful, than those
That bloomed upon her breast.

                 Old Time moved on,
Smiling upon the gay and lovely girl,