And lo!—a last relic of Eden's dear bow'rs—

The chaplet that Love had woven!

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And still, when a pair of Lovers meet,

There's a sweetness in air, unearthly sweet,

That savors still of that happy retreat

Where Eve by Adam was courted:

Whilst the joyous Thrush, and the gentle Dove,

Woo'd their mates in the boughs above,

And the Serpent, as yet, only sported.