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Title] Lewti; or the Circassian's Love Chant M. P.

Between lines 14-15

I saw the white waves, o'er and o'er,
Break against the distant shore.
All at once upon the sight,
All at once they broke in light;
I heard no murmur of their roar,
Nor ever I beheld them flowing,
Neither coming, neither going;
But only saw them o'er and o'er,
Break against the curved shore:
Now disappearing from the sight,
Now twinkling regular and white,
And Lewti's smiling mouth can shew
As white and regular a row.
Nay, treach'rous image from my mind
Depart; for Lewti is not kind.

M. P.

For] Tho' M. P.

Between lines 52-3

This hand should make his life-blood flow,
That ever scorn'd my Lewti so.

I cannot chuse but fix my sight
On that small vapour, thin and white!
So thin it scarcely, I protest,
Bedims the star that shines behind it!
And pity dwells in Lewti's breast
Alas! if I knew how to find it.
And O! how sweet it were, I wist,
To see my Lewti's eyes to-morrow
Shine brightly thro' as thin a mist
Of pity and repentant sorrow!
Nay treach'rous image! leave my mind—
Ah, Lewti! why art thou unkind?

Hush!] Slush! Sibylline Leaves (Errata, S. L., p. [xi], for Slush r. Hush).

[69-71]

Had I the enviable power
To creep unseen with noiseless tread
Then should I view

M. P., An. Anth.

O beating heart had I the power.

MS. Corr. An. Anth. by S. T. C.

my] the M. P., An. Anth.

Below Signed Nicias Erythraeus. M. P.