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DORA, HAST THOU EVER SEEN?
Dora, hast thou ever seen
How, from the sharp sheer-sided mountains,
Down the slopes, so ferny green,
Sundered flow the twin-born fountains?
To diverse winds their course they take,
As if to meet no more for ever;
But oft some sudden bend they make,
And mingled flow, one shining river!
How, from the sharp sheer-sided mountains,
Down the slopes, so ferny green,
Sundered flow the twin-born fountains?
To diverse winds their course they take,
As if to meet no more for ever;
But oft some sudden bend they make,
And mingled flow, one shining river!
Dora, so my life from thine
Through long, long years was diverse flowing;
Twin souls were we, but law divine
Had banned us from the bliss of knowing.
But when His destined day came round,
Whose will gives law to wind and weather,
Our parted loves swift union found,
And rushed like two full streams together.
Through long, long years was diverse flowing;
Twin souls were we, but law divine
Had banned us from the bliss of knowing.
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Whose will gives law to wind and weather,
Our parted loves swift union found,
And rushed like two full streams together.
In an instant I was thine,
And thou wert mine; no vows we plighted;
Two halves by mystic law divine
Were made one whole, when we united.
And I no greater bliss can know
From God, of all good things the Giver,
Than that our mingled lives may flow
In love, and truth, and joy for ever!
And thou wert mine; no vows we plighted;
Two halves by mystic law divine
Were made one whole, when we united.
And I no greater bliss can know
From God, of all good things the Giver,
Than that our mingled lives may flow
In love, and truth, and joy for ever!
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