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BRAY HEAD, WICKLOW. TO MISS C. S.
Dear Charlotte! our ramble along the sea-shore,
When Bray Head's fair prospects we sought to explore,
  You beg me to give you in verse;
And, though no cold critics my lines may commend,
I ever comply with the wish of a friend,
  And thus our adventures rehearse.

'T was a bright, glowing day, in the dawn of the year,
When the primrose and violets begin to appear,
  And Winter seems struggling with Spring;
This day the fair youth seemed the victory to gain,
And dreary old Winter to give up his reign,
  And away his dark mantle to fling.