. Spring . nNr4 >.. spring. T is then delightful misery no more,But agony unmixed, incessant gall,Corroding every thought, and blasting allLoves Paradise. Ye fairy prospects, then,Ye beds of roses, and ye bowers of ! ye gleamings of departed peace,Shine out your last ! the yellow-tingeing plagueInternal vision taints, and in a nightOf livid gloom imagination then, instead of love-enlivened cheeks,Of sunny features, and of ardent evesWith flowing rapture bright, dark looks suc-ceed,Suffused, and glaring with untender fire, —A clouded aspect, and a burning cheek,Where th

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. Spring . nNr4 >.. spring. T is then delightful misery no more,But agony unmixed, incessant gall,Corroding every thought, and blasting allLoves Paradise. Ye fairy prospects, then,Ye beds of roses, and ye bowers of ! ye gleamings of departed peace,Shine out your last ! the yellow-tingeing plagueInternal vision taints, and in a nightOf livid gloom imagination then, instead of love-enlivened cheeks,Of sunny features, and of ardent evesWith flowing rapture bright, dark looks suc-ceed,Suffused, and glaring with untender fire, —A clouded aspect, and a burning cheek,Where the whole poisoned soul, malignant, frightens love away. Ten thousand fearsInvented wild, ten thousand frantic viewsOf horrid rivals, hanging on the charmsFor which he melts in fondness, eat him upWith fervent anguish and consuming Cf)£ Seasons. In vain reproaches lend their idle aid,Deceitful pride, and resolution frail,Giving false peace a moment. Fancy pours,Afresh, her beauties on his busy thought

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