TO CHARLES DIODATE.
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t length thy letters, Diodate, a|)pear.Thy thoughts to me impartiog from the shore Of castled Dee, where fall his waters clearIn the rough bosom of the ocean hoar. Believe me, I rejoice that foreign plainsFoster for me so true and dear a friend 5 And, though in distant fields he now remains.That soon his course again must homeward bend« B
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