Walter Savage Landor. 1775-1864
568. Of Clementina
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IN Clementina's artless mien   Lucilla asks me what I see, And are the roses of sixteen             Enough for me?

Lucilla asks, if that be all,   Have I not cull'd as sweet before: Ah yes, Lucilla! and their fall             I still deplore.

I now behold another scene,   Where Pleasure beams with Heaven's own light, More pure, more constant, more serene,             And not less bright.

Faith, on whose breast the Loves repose,   Whose chain of flowers no force can sever, And Modesty who, when she goes,             Is gone for ever.

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Walter Savage Landor. 1775-1864
569. Ianthe's Question
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