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TO IANTHE (3) by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

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First Line: WELL I REMEMBER HOW YOU SMILED
Last Line: AND FIND IANTHE'S NAME AGAIN.
WELL I remember how you smiled
To see me write your name upon
The soft sea-sand--'O! what a child!
You think you're writing upon stone!'

I have since written what no tide
Shall ever wash away, what men
Unborn shall read o'er ocean wide
And find Ianthe's name again.



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