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Marah

By Owen Meredith [i.e. E. R. B. Lytton]: 2nd ed.

Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton (1831-1891)

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Something wild as the heart of a boy
(But what is it?) awakens in me,
Like the love of a love, and the joy
Of a joy, that are going to be;

Or the nebulous beam in the breast
Of a mist the moon brightens behind;
A prediction that does but suggest
A fulfilment it leaves undefin'd.

It was born of a breath and a dream,
'Tis the soul of a look or a tone,
And the parent of pleasures that seem
But as preludes to others unknown.

Yet how soon could its sweetness be kill'd
By the pang of a premature bliss,
And so die of a promise fulfill'd
On the lips I am longing to kiss!