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ALONE.
Alone upon the scentless earth I stand;
Alone:
Far barren fields stretch wide on either hand,
Wind-blown.
Alone:
Far barren fields stretch wide on either hand,
Wind-blown.
Not one dear flower of woman's heart is left
For me:
Not one grass-blade in rocky rainless cleft
I see.
For me:
Not one grass-blade in rocky rainless cleft
I see.
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Only the awful waste of billows white
And strong:
Only the starless soundless boundless night,—
No song.
And strong:
Only the starless soundless boundless night,—
No song.
Only the Godless speechless heavens,—no sound
On land or sea:
No help, no hope, no heart, no haven found
For me.
On land or sea:
No help, no hope, no heart, no haven found
For me.
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