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Loves of the Minstrels.

TO THOSE

Who lobe Romance and the Romancer,

WHETHER IN PROSE OR RHYME:

TO THOSE

WHO DARE TO LIFT THEIR SOULS FROM THE MATERIAL TO THE SPIRITUAL,

These Poems are Inscribed,

WITH

THE BEST EMOTIONS OF THE HEART

FROM WHICH THEY RECEIVED THEIR VITALITY.

LOVES OF THE MINSTRELS.

THE CRUISE OF AUREANA.

A LIFE VOYAGE.

WHEN not a breath bespoke a gale,
And not a cloud eclipsed my vision,
I weighed my anchor, trimmed my sail-
And floated out to seas Elysian.

Onward I sailed by many a realm,
And many a spicy-breathing islet,
With Cupid smiling at the helm-
Nor wished for any other pilot.

The green-haired sea-maids laughing, sipping,
Hung, reeling round my cup of bliss ;
Old Neptune, briny-lipped, and dripping,
Upon my brow impressed a kiss.

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