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ОглавлениеLike one who, fruitlessly perchance,
Engraves his name upon a tree,
In hopes to win a casual glance,
And woo remembrance still, when he
A distant wanderer may be:— 5
Thus have I claim’d a page of thine;
Be it but reckon’d worthy thee,
And I shall proudly own it mine.
Jan. 5, 1818.
