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This bank-note world.

None knew thee but to love thee.

Green be the turf above thee,
Friend of my better days!
None knew thee but to love thee,
Nor named thee but to praise.

I sorrow that all fair things must decay.

I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem.

It is a rich storehouse for those who love quotations. It is as full of fine bon mots as a Christmas pudding is full of plums.

Ere the dolphin dies
Its hues are brightest. Like an infant's breath
Are tropic winds before the voice of death.

The wild-flower wreath of feeling, the sunbeam of the heart.

There is an evening twilight of the heart, When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest.

And thou art terrible
the tear,
The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier;
And all we know, or dream, or fear
Of agony, are thine.

Strike-for your altars and your fires;
Strike-for the green graves of your sires;
God-and your native land!

What is man's love? His vows are broke even while his parting kiss is warm.