Page:The West Indies, and Other Poems.djvu/140

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In the splendour of morn to a fugitive vien-,

May rival a star of the sky ; But the violet is pluck'd, and the dew-drop is flown,

The star unextinguish'd shall shine ; Then mine be the laurels of virtue alone,

And the glories of Paradise mine.

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