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“SHALL I KNOW THEE?”
Shall I know thee when thou art changed and glad?
Or wilt thou, if thou diest, wander far
From me thy poet towards some alien star,
That I, in heaven, may even there be sad?—
Will welcoming angels golden gates unbar
And wilt thou traverse dreamlands in the sky?
If that be so, 'tis then that I shall die,
Finding how weak death's other arrows are.
Or wilt thou, if thou diest, wander far
From me thy poet towards some alien star,
That I, in heaven, may even there be sad?—
Will welcoming angels golden gates unbar
And wilt thou traverse dreamlands in the sky?
If that be so, 'tis then that I shall die,
Finding how weak death's other arrows are.
Or wilt thou be so changed that I shall gaze
And know thee not, and seek in vain to mark
Some far-off semblance of earth's tender ways?
'Twill hardly be so, though Fate's paths are dark
But, if I know thee not, say, “Love, rejoice!”
And I shall know the tremble in thy voice.
And know thee not, and seek in vain to mark
Some far-off semblance of earth's tender ways?
'Twill hardly be so, though Fate's paths are dark
But, if I know thee not, say, “Love, rejoice!”
And I shall know the tremble in thy voice.
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