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THE

TEMPLE

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FAME.

In that soft season when descending show'rsCall forth the greens, and wake the rising flow'rs; When opening buds salute the welcome day, And earth relenting feels the genial ray; As balmy sleep had charm'd my cares to rest, And love itself was banish'd from my breast,

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