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Wrecks,--nought but wrecks!--the time was when We two were worth a thousand men!" And so the broken harp they bring With pitying smiles that none could blame; Alas! there's not a single string Of all that filled the tarnished frame! But see! like children overjoyed, His fingers rambling through the void! "I clasp thee! Ay.

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mine ancient lyre.