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IN FRENCH FIELDS.
207

But I said low, low in my heart:—'It's a link or a brand,
And it gleams from the castle's high turret—held in the hand
Of a girl with cheeks red and white.'

Yes,—the beacon far streaming is an accomplice of Love,
It apprises the lover back from the chase, that his dove
Is watching to meet him at night.