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Looks through U ^ thdagkitt of others , « ad shape * out hnaginings of Km « things than man in his cold calculation can conceive Of woman ' s inspiritkfn * Her dark locks Play on the nignt-breefce , and her eye is bent In earnest contemplation , which sees nothing Beyond the inward spirit . Ib she earthly ?
Can she he matter doomed to pass away Like to the many millions who have passed Unheeded by their fellows ? Tell me , Spirit * Hast thou not called a child of air before me , To mock my hopeless longing ? Spirit . Thine own suspicions mock thee * She is thine If thou dost choose her .
Stranger . Is she mortal ? Spirit . Even like thyself , and has all thoughts in common With such as thee ; but h * s perchance some others Time will unfold to thee . Stranger . And canst thou not forestall Time in this knowledge I most desire to know ?
Spirit . It is not in our bargain . Thine own reason , Of which thou art so proud , must read the riddle ; Or thou must share the evil of thy fellows , And school thee by experience . Stranger . Bitter doom ! I do mistrust thee , Spirit . Tell Brie yet * May that fair form yield answer to my Speech ?
Spirit . It is the shadovt of Earth's fairest daughter A sample only . If you need the substance You must use earthly means . Your gallant steed , Pricked by the spur , would neigh beneath her window * Ere morning dawned . You are a eavalier To please a lady ' s eye , and make her bower Seem like a restless prison . You have Words
Even at your will to gain a lady ' ear , And fill her fruitful fancy . Shall We on ? I'll take a human guise and lead the way ; You need not fear , you were death-proof in peril , And should not fear a woman ' s eye . Your reason Is your unerring safeguard . ( Arid * . ) He is mine ; There is no bait like woman .
Stranger . Lead ©• , Spirit I M y choice is made . Why dost thou blench away ? What change hath sqddtfnly ooftie o ' er thee ? Ha I A greater change is coming o ' er the form Of that fait vision . 'Twas thra an illusion
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1835, page 662, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2650/page/34/
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