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A DREAM OF DISTANCE.
Coldly sunk, as the pearl in the wave,
Is the love I have borne to thee:
Over its stillness the waters lave
Darkly, silently, heavily.
Is the love I have borne to thee:
Over its stillness the waters lave
Darkly, silently, heavily.
All the chances under the sun
Scarce can give that the sunken pearl
See the light of the star she loves,
Lifted out of the water's whirl.
Scarce can give that the sunken pearl
See the light of the star she loves,
Lifted out of the water's whirl.
Of all the chances under the sun,
For that one I'll ne'er seek nor pray:
Let me lie where the tides move on;
Thou, bright Lucifer, keep thy way!
For that one I'll ne'er seek nor pray:
Let me lie where the tides move on;
Thou, bright Lucifer, keep thy way!
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For the mystical pulse of life
Holds in sympathy divine
Things apart, like the star and pearl;
Things akin, like thy soul and mine.
Holds in sympathy divine
Things apart, like the star and pearl;
Things akin, like thy soul and mine.
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