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 ^{MHE throbl)ii)g hues of the heavens above, 
 ^ Soft, drifting clouds — God's banner of love, 
 A shimmer o'er forest, and field, and brook. 
 And shadows that nestle in shady nook — 
 All are unlieeded by ^Vdelaide, 
 As she wanders alone to the mountain glade; 
 Her heart is with Edwin, fai-. far at sea : 
 And she lingers long by the trysting tree. 
 
 
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 >(il)'tHE luouiitaiii lii<Kjk at her feet flows ou, P i^ 
 
 Singiiio' its sjentlc inmiiinriiig song, 
 
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 Sparkling, and dunijling. and eatcliing witli gleo, 
 
 Sliadows of clondk't. or waving tree: */, 
 
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 Flowing along througli shady dell. 
 Blending its note witii cattle hell : 
 Winding through woodland where grasses dank. 
 And delicate ferns hang over its hank ; 
 Singing and flowing — 
 % Where hare-liells are growing — 
 
 Laughing and free. 
 Hasting forever on to the sea. 
 

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 DELAIDE sits in tlu> trystiiig place, 
 '• Her liands clasped over her tear-stained face. 
 Chanting her plaint, as the shadows grow long 
 Pouring her heartache out in a song. 
 '• Will he ii.evei\ neoer come buck to me.' 
 •• Has the treacherous icave 
 '• Tossed the sailvr ljr((,ce 
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 ■' Into the (inns of sen-)ii/iiijihs fnir, 
 '■•Mermaids in son.theni sea! 
 
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 OW through the gloaming, "-*^ 
 
 Ovep the stlhs 
 Leapeth lier lover. 
 Impatient the while ; 
 
 Calling her softly — repeating her name — 
 I'nder the siiade of the maple he eanie. 
 '■Adelaide!" ••Adelaide!" low is his tone. 
 Gentle its eadenee as brooklet's sweet moan. 
 
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 ^IIK heard not his call, nor the stir of the leaves, 
 
 ^^ Her head is bowed low, for her maiden heart orieves ; 
 
 He whispered, '• my Adelaide, bride of my heart. 
 
 I've eome for thee — never again will we part." 
 
 She saw, as one sees in a vision or dream, 
 
 When things not of earth a reality seem ; 
 
 !She shrank from his toneh as he came to her side — 
 
 Then, fell (.m his breast. 
 
 Hope, fear, all at rest : 
 
 Love lighting lu'r face 
 
 In that dying embrace — 
 Never his bride. 
 
 
 
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