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First Line: Talk not to me of savages
Last Line: Would be so blest a sight.
Subject(s): Love; Fiendship; Death; Dead, The


Talk not to me of savages,
From Afric's burning sun;
No savage e'er could rend my heart,
As Jessie, thou hast done:
But Jessie's lovely hand in mine,
A mutual faith to plight,
Not even to view the heavenly choir,
Would be so blest a sight.





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