Poem by Augusta Webster

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Joy that's half too keen, and true,
Makes us tears.
    Oh! the sweetness of the tears!
    If such joy at hand appears,
Snatch it, give thine all for it;
Joy that is so exquisite,
Lost, comes not new.
One blossom for a hundred years.

Grief that's fond and dies not soon
Makes delight.
    Oh! the pain of the delight!
    If thy grief be love's aright,
Tend it close and let it grow:
Grief so tender not to know
Loses Love's boon.
Sweet Philomel sings all the night.

1. She Has Made Me Wayside Posies
2. Betrothed
3. The Swallows
4. Young Laughters, and My Music!
5. The Sea-Maid’s Song

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