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LONGING.
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There's tempest in the sky to-night,There's longing in my heart—
O couldst thou feel its passionate glow,
Now, now, where'er thou art!
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Lonely I walk the lonely road,The sea low moans behind,
O'erhead, through glimmering leaves, my soul
Sighs with the sighing wind.
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Faint balm from ghost-white meadow-sweet,Wavering the reeds above,
Breathes to my heart how, wert thou here,
I best could speak my love.
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I'd fold thee from the winds away,My arms thy blissful nest,
Reverently, sadly, tenderly,
To kiss thy warm, sweet breast.
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