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THE LOVER'S WISH
All that by day was glad to shield
Thy sweetness now is put aside,
And, only to the dark revealed,
Thou prayest to be sanctified.
Sundered by walls more hard than rock,
Arrows of absence must I bear
Till, by the heart's familiar shock,
I know thy foot is on the stair.
Thy sweetness now is put aside,
And, only to the dark revealed,
Thou prayest to be sanctified.
Sundered by walls more hard than rock,
Arrows of absence must I bear
Till, by the heart's familiar shock,
I know thy foot is on the stair.
While thou art sleeping in the lawn
Unworthy of so bright a guest,
Dream gently onward till the dawn
By breathing near thee breaks thy rest;
And if within the dream there stands
A lover marvelling at thy grace,
Be mine the trembling of his hands,
And mine the worship on his face.
Unworthy of so bright a guest,
Dream gently onward till the dawn
By breathing near thee breaks thy rest;
And if within the dream there stands
A lover marvelling at thy grace,
Be mine the trembling of his hands,
And mine the worship on his face.
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