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Impromptu,

George W. Sands
On The Reception Of A Letter.

I would love to have thee near me,
But when I think how drear
Is each hope that used to cheer me,
I cease to wish thee here.
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Lines Written In A Young Lady's Album

George W. Sands
'Tis not in youth, when life is new, when but to live is sweet,
When Pleasure strews her starlike flow'rs beneath our careless feet,
When Hope, that has not been deferred, first waves its golden wings,...
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Mazelli - Canto I.

George W. Sands
I.

"Stay, traveller, stay thy weary steed,
The sultry hour of noon is near,
Of rest thy way-worn limbs have need,
Stay, then, and, taste its sweetness here.
The mountain path which thou hast sped...
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Mazelli - Canto II.

George W. Sands
I.

He stood where the mountain moss outspread
Its smoothness beneath his dusky foot;
The chestnut boughs above his head,
Hung motionless and mute.
There came not a voice from the wooded hill,...
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Mazelli - Canto III.

George W. Sands
I.

With plumes to which the dewdrops cling,
Wide waves the morn her golden wing;
With countless variegated beams
The empurpled orient glows and gleams;
A gorgeous mass of crimson clouds...
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The Misanthrope Reclaimed - ACT I.

George W. Sands
A Dramatic Poem

S. L. Sawtelle.

Dear Sir:
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The Misanthrope Reclaimed - ACT II.

George W. Sands
The verge of Creation. Enter Werner and Spirit.

Werner.

We have outtravelled light and sound:
The harmonies that pealed around us, as
Through yon array of dim and distant worlds...
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The Misanthrope Reclaimed - ACT III.

George W. Sands
Scene I. Near the place of the damned. Enter Werner and Spirit.

Werner.

What piercing, stunning sounds assail my ear!
Wild shrieks and wrathful curses, groans and prayers,...
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The Misanthrope Reclaimed - ACT IV.

George W. Sands
Scene I. A peak of the Alps. Werner alone. Time, morning.

Werner.

How gloriously beautiful is earth!
In these her quiet, unfrequented haunts,
To which, except the timid chamois' foot,...
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These lines are inscribed to the memory of John Q. Carlin, killed at Buena Vista.

George W. Sands
Warrior of the youthful brow,
Eager heart and eagle eye!
Pants thy soul for battle now?
Burns thy glance with victory?
Dost thou dream of conflicts done,
Perils past and trophies won?...
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To Isabel

George W. Sands
A Beautiful Little Girl.

Fair as some sea-child, in her coral bower,
Decked with the rare, rich treasures of the deep;
Mild as the spirit of the dream whose power...
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To Isabel.

George W. Sands
Come near me with thy lips, and, breathe o'er mine
Their breath, for I consume with love's desire, -
Thine ivory arms about me clasp and twine,
And beam upon mine eye thine eye's soft fire;...
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