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STANZAS.
"But ties around this heart were spun,
That could not, would not, be undone."

Oh! it is but a little while
Since thou and I first met,
And yet thy image on my soul
Is deeply, firmly set.

'Tis but a little while since thou
Wert all unknown to me,
And now thou art the guiding star
That rules my destiny.