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Edwin, there,
There where he stood, strong in the strength of youth,
Upon his darling bow'd: the lightning flash
Of recognition smiting all the soul
Irresistible:—one moment;—then to wake
Untranced, enfranchised, Love without disguise
Assured in many blushes innocent:
All Paradise at once, and at her side
Regain'd: to wake upon the smile, that now,
Now once again, and struggling into day,
But beaming to full brightness, shone on eyes
Irradiate with clear love, and moisten'd glances.
O then with one long cry, that echo'd full
From boyhood, summing up in that deep breath
The music of the heaven-directed years,
He clasp'd her to himself; one soul with his
Henceforth for ever. And
There where he stood, strong in the strength of youth,
Upon his darling bow'd: the lightning flash
Of recognition smiting all the soul
Irresistible:—one moment;—then to wake
Untranced, enfranchised, Love without disguise
Assured in many blushes innocent:
All Paradise at once, and at her side
Regain'd: to wake upon the smile, that now,
Now once again, and struggling into day,
But beaming to full brightness, shone on eyes
Irradiate with clear love, and moisten'd glances.
O then with one long cry, that echo'd full
From boyhood, summing up in that deep breath
The music of the heaven-directed years,
He clasp'd her to himself; one soul with his
Henceforth for ever. And
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