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QUOTATIONS AND NOTES.
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Line 13

'Misery's love.'
Shakspeare's King John.


SONNET VII.

Line 4

'On the night's dull ear.'
Shakspeare.

Line 5.

Whether on Spring—Alludes to the supposed migration of the Nightingale.

Line 7.

The pensive Muse shall own thee for her mate.

'Whether the Muse or Love call thee his mate.
'Both them I serve, and of their train am I.'
Milton's First Sonnet.