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"And wouldst thou leave us?" "Dearest mother, no!

Hush! I will check these thoughts that give thee pain;

Or, if they flow, as they perchance must flow,

At least I will not utter them again;

Hark! didst thou hear a voice like many streams?

Mother! it is the spirit of my dreams!"

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