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I travell'd among unknown Men

  I travell'd among unknown Men,
    In Lands beyond the Sea;
  Nor England! did I know till then
    What love I bore to thee.
  'Tis past, that melancholy dream!
    Nor will I quit thy shore
  A second time; for still I seem
    To love thee more and more.
  Among thy mountains did I feel
    The joy of my desire;                                  10
  And She I cherish'd turn'd her wheel
    Beside an English fire.
  Thy mornings shew'd--thy nights conceal'd
    The bowers where Lucy play'd;
  And thine is, too, the last green field
    Which Lucy's eyes survey'd!

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