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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

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Though poor, alone,

And all unknown,

Even to him for whom I die.

IX.

"Thou know'st it all-my tale is doneMy feeble strength and breath are gone, And I can only offer thee

Thanks for thy prayer and sympathy— Implore thee to return this ring

To GAMBA when I am no more,

And tell him all this suffering

That ISABELLE for GAMBA bore

It is the pledge he gave to me

To seal love's vows of constancy

In our own lovely ITALY-

I pray, too, thou'lt restore to him

This gold, which at my feet he threw,

When lingering on NIEVA's brim,
To list the lute I swept for him,

And me unrecognized to view.

I have bedewed it with my tears,
Till scarce the hue of gold it wears-
I've worn it nearest to my heart,
And now 'tis hard from it to part;

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