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LOVE AND REST.
Flower that followest all day long
Tearless-eyed thy lover bright,
Sun-flower, thou whose love is strong,
And whose sleep is light,
Tearless-eyed thy lover bright,
Sun-flower, thou whose love is strong,
And whose sleep is light,
Flowers I know that softer shine,
And with eve as calmly close,
But what passion like to thine
That turns to like repose?
And with eve as calmly close,
But what passion like to thine
That turns to like repose?
I know love, the loves of men,
Slow to waste, though sore to keep;
I have heard their sighs, and then
I have seen them sleep;
Slow to waste, though sore to keep;
I have heard their sighs, and then
I have seen them sleep;
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But oh! sunflower, ask not me
If there dwell in human breast
Such a grace of Constancy
With such a gift of Rest.
If there dwell in human breast
Such a grace of Constancy
With such a gift of Rest.
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