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Poems of James Clarence Mangan

(Many hitherto uncollected): Centenary edition: Edited, with preface and notes by D. J. O'Donoghue: Introduction by John Mitchel

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TO AMINE, ON SEEING HER ABOUT TO VEIL HER MIRROR.

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(From the Ottoman.)

Veil not thy mirror, sweet Amine,
Till Night shall also veil each star;
Thou see'st a two-fold marvel there—
The only face as fair as thine,
The only eyes that near or far
Can gaze on thine without despair!