As at this moment I should like to do;—

But I have done with kisses—having kissed

All those that would—regretting those I missed.—[MS.]

[BP] {124}

Fair as the rose just plucked to crown the wreath,

Soft as the unfledged birdling when at rest.—[MS.]

[155] [Compare Mazeppa, lines 829, sq., Poetical Works, 1901, iv. 232.]

[BQ] {125}

That finer melody was never heard,

The kind of sound whose echo is a tear,