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NINA.

UP and down my thoughts are roaming,

As the day is turn 'd to night,

And around me through the gloaming

Spreads a wierd fantastic light.

'Tis not real, but like the glimmer

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Of a long remember 'd day, -

Which though past, is none the dimmer,

Reproduced in magic way.

On a beach the waves are rolling

In successive rush of sound,

And a vesper-bell is tolling

From a solitary mound,

On whose rugged peaks are gleaming

Convent walls and arches white, -

All around the land is dreaming,

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