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Three hours ; or, the vigil of love : and other poems

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell (1788-1879)

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We feel there is a God above
When seeing tokens of His love,—
That angels there must be on high
When human beauty meets our eye.
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And oh! how angel lovely seemed
The Lady of that Cottage home,—
It was as though some Bard had dreamed
A radiant star-nymph on him beamed,
And when he woke had found her come!
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