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The literary remains of the late Willis Gaylord Clark

Including the Ollapodiana Papers, the Spirit Of Life, and a selection from his various prose and poetical writings

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[When eve is purpling cliff and cave]

When eve is purpling cliff and cave,
Thoughts of the heart! how soft ye flow!
Not softer, on the western wave
The golden lines of sunset glow.
Then all by chance or fate removed,
Like spirits, crowd upon the eye;
The few we liked—the one we loved,
And all the heart is memory!’