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IV.—RUTH. |
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IV.—RUTH.
The plume-like swaying of the auburn corn,By soft winds to a dreamy motion fann'd,
Still brings me back thine image—Oh! forlorn,
Yet not forsaken, Ruth!—I see thee stand
Lone, 'midst the gladness of the harvest band—
Lone, as a wood-bird on the ocean's foam,
Fall'n in its weariness. Thy fatherland
Smiles far away! yet to the sense of home,
That finest, purest, which can recognise
Home in affection's glance, for ever true
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Gleam tremulous through tears, 'tis not to rue
Those words, immortal in their deep love's tone,
“Thy people and thy God shall be mine own!”
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