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A DEATH-SCENE.
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He cannot leave thee now,
While fresh west winds are blowing,
And all around his youthful brow
Thy cheerful light is glowing!


Edward, awake, awake—
The golden evening gleams
Warm and bright on Arden's lake—
Arouse thee from thy dreams!


Beside thee, on my knee,
My dearest friend! I pray
That thou, to cross the eternal sea,
Wouldst yet one hour delay:


I hear its billows roar—
I see them foaming high;
But no glimpse of a further shore
Has blest my straining eye.


Believe not what they urge
Of Eden isles beyond;
Turn back, from that tempestuous surge,
To thy own native land.


It is not death, but pain
That struggles in thy breast—
Nay, rally, Edward, rouse again;
I cannot let thee rest!"