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Life and Phantasy

by William Allingham: With frontispiece by Sir John E. Millais: A design by Arthur H. Hughes and a song for voice and piano forte
Allingham, William (1824-1889)

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[dedication]
  
[Reader, if herein you find]
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NATURAL MIRACLE.
  
GEORGE;
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SHADOWINGS.
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PLACES, ETC.
  
STRATFORD-ON-AVON.
  
WEIMAR.
  
MOONRISE.
  
W. W.
  
THREE SISTERS OF HAWORTH.
  
IN THE TRAIN.
  
EXPRESS
  
THE STOLEN PATH.
  
PER CONTRA.
  
PLACES AND MEN.
  
IN DREAM-WORLD.
  
THE OLD TUNE.
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BRIDEGROOM'S PARK.
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BERRIES.
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FAIRIES, ETC.
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TO PLUTUS ETC.
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POESIS HUMANA, ETC.

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7

LOVE'S INSIGHT.

I

Who could say that Love is blind?
Piercing-sighted, he will find
A thousand subtle charms that lie
Hid from every common eye.

II

You that love not, blind are ye,
Learn to love, and learn to see.
'Tis the insight of the lover
Beauty's essence can discover.
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