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"And when the Cossack maid beheld

"My heavy eyes at length unseal'd,
"She smiled-and I essay'd to speak,

“But fail'd—and she approach'd, and made
"With lip and finger signs that said,
"I must not strive as yet to break
"The silence, till my strength should be
"Enough to leave my accents free;
"And then her hand on mine she laid,
"And smooth'd the pillow for my head,
"And stole along on tiptoe tread,

"And gently oped the door, and spake "In whispers-ne'er was voice so sweet! "Even music follow'd her light feet;

"But those she call'd were not awake, "And she went forth; but, ere she pass'd, "Another look on me she cast,

"Another sign she made, to say, "That I had nought to fear, that all

"Were near, at my command or call,

"And she would not delay

“Her due return :—while she was gone,

"Methought I felt too much alone.

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"She came with mother and with sire"What need of more ?-I will not tire "With long recital of the rest,

"Since I became the Cossacks' guest:

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They found me senseless on the plain—

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They bore me to the nearest hut

"They brought me into life again-
"Me-one day o'er their realm to reign!
"Thus the vain fool who strove to glut

"His rage, refining on my pain,

"Sent me forth to the wilderness,

"Bound, naked, bleeding, and alone, "To pass the desert to a throne,

“What mortal his own doom may guess?"Let none despond, let none despair!

"To-morrow the Borysthenes

"May see our coursers graze at ease
"Upon his Turkish bank,—and never
"Had I such welcome for a river

"As I shall yield when safely there.

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"Comrades, good night!"-The Hetman threw 860

His length beneath the oak-tree shade,

With leafy couch already made,

A bed nor comfortless nor new

To him, who took his rest whene'er

The hour arrived, no matter where :-
His

eyes the hastening slumbers steep.
And if ye marvel Charles forgot
To thank his tale, he wonder'd not,-

The king had been an hour asleep.

ODE.

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