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THE SISTERS.*[1]
A BALLAD.
"I go, sweet sister; yet, my heart would linger with thee fain,
And unto every parting gift some deep remembrance chain;
Take then the braid of Eastern pearls which once I loved to wear,
And with it bind for festal scenes the dark waves of thy hair!
- ↑ * This ballad was composed for a kind of dramatic recitative, relieved by music. It was thus performed by two graceful and highly accomplished sisters.
