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Literary Gazette, 26th October, 1822, Pages 681-2
ORIGINAL POETRY.
DRAMATIC SCENES. — I.
The very life of love is confidence.
Agnes. Oh, never, never!
I am vowed to the grave:—I have loved once,
And woman's heart cannot again expand
Like flowers that close at eve, but to each sense
Unfold their charms.
Julian (disguised.) Oh, thou wilt break thy vow:
Thou art too young, too beautiful, to nurse
Memory's pale phantoms! Hope will suit thee better.
Trust me, fair girl, hope is the sun of spring.
Agnes. I do hope—hope most fondly, fervidly,
One last and only hope, that I shall die!
For there are starry homes, where faithful hearts
Shall mingle in their glory and their love.
