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ELFRIDA,

A

Dramatic Poem.

ORGAR.How nobly does this venerable wood,Gilt with the glories of the orient sun,Embosom yon fair mansion! The soft airSalutes me with most cool and temp'rate breath;And, as I tread, the flow'r-besprinkled lawnSends up a gale of fragrance. I should guess,If e'er Content deign'd visit mortal clime,This was her place of dearest residence.Grant Heav'n! I find it such. 'Tis now three months,Since first Earl Athelwold espous'd my daughter.He then besought me, for some little spaceThe nuptials might be secret; many reasons,He said, induc'd to this: I made no pause,But, resting on his prudence, to his willGave absolute concurrence. Soon as married,
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