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BY KATE DASHWOOD.

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A fair, young, thoughtful face—and very pale

Is the soft dimpled cheek, and o’er her brow

Lingereth a strange, wild beauty; many a tale

Thy bright ideal weaveth for her now.

Those breathing lips!—they speak not, but you feel

Love’s thrilling kiss, hath mingled with his sigh,

The dreamy depths of those dark eyes reveal