I.

Pale moon! thy mild benignant light

May glad some other captive's sight;

Bright'ning the gloomy objects nigh,

Thy beams a lenient thought supply:

But, oh, pale moon! what ray of thine

Can sooth a misery like mine!

Chase the sad image of the past,

And woes for ever doom'd to last.

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