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A PHANTASY.
1
A little moth, and a star fading in heaven!Happy were the days that I spent with thee, Father of waters!
Happy were the days in the sumach-grove by the sea,
When thou and I were comrades, Father of waters!
2
Something beyond a hope from the opening eye of the East,Something deeper than joy from the bosom of all things fair
Came to me then; and yet I saw in the kindling sky
Only a little moth, and a star fading from heaven.
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