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A RAMBLE WITH FANCY.
To ascend those lofty summits,Shall I pass through Fame's broad gateway?"And she said, "It is a questionFuture years alone can answer." Oft amid life's cares and duties,'Mid its joys and 'mid its sorrows,Hope, that bright, sweet being, whispers,"In the dim and distant future,If on earth thou still shouldst linger,Thou shalt climb those mountain summits;Thou shalt wake some grand, deep echoThat hath never yet been sounded."