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IN FRENCH FIELDS.
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A story common, old and stale;
And yet such narratives unseal
Fountains of pity, while we feel
The anguish of creation's wail.
For me, my sun of life is set.
Beauties display their charms in vain,
Coquettes with me but lose their pain,
Poor dear Colinette.