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... To - TO-P IDY N. S. WILLZS-TflE AMERICAN rOET. Were I a star with a ray to spare, Were I a breeze in the wandering air l Had I a fairy's silent wing, Had I the Lydian's viewless xing- Like a spirit unseen at a holy shrine, Could I watch-yet adore that ...

... knights of the Underwald wooed her, Tho' brightest of maidens, the proudest was she; Brave chieftains they sought, and young minstrels they sued her, But worthy were none of the high-born Ladye. 'Vhenifoever I wed, said this maid, so excelling, That knight ...