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SARA COLERIDGE
Amid the balmiest flowers that earth can give Some bitter drops distil, and all that live
A mingled portion share;
But, while he learns these truths which we lament, Such fortitude as ours will sure be sent,
Such solace to his care.
��GERALD GRIFFIN 66$. Eileen Aroon
WfHEN like the early rose,
Eileen Aroon !
Beauty in childhood blows,
Eileen Aroon! When, like a diadem, Buds blush around the stem, Which is the fairest gem ?
Eileen Aroon !
Is it the laughing eye,
Eileen Aroon ! Is it the timid sigh,
Eileen Aroon ! Is it the tender tone, Soft as the string' d harp's moan ? O, it is truth alone,
Eileen Aroon !
When like the rising day,
Eileen Aroon ! Love sends his early ray,
Eileen Aroon !
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