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79
MICROCOSM
She and I—we kissed and vowed
That should be which could not be;
Just as if mere vows endowed
Love with immortality!
Ah, had vows but kept us true,
As we thought them sure to do!
That should be which could not be;
Just as if mere vows endowed
Love with immortality!
Ah, had vows but kept us true,
As we thought them sure to do!
She and I—such tiny parts
Of the Evolution-plan—
Yet can hold within our hearts
All the misery of man:
All the ages did prepare,
All we are and all we bear.
Of the Evolution-plan—
Yet can hold within our hearts
All the misery of man:
All the ages did prepare,
All we are and all we bear.
She and I—mere counters, toys
Nature uses for her game—
Pity that we long for joys,
And feel sorrows all the same!
Just as though our wills were free,
As we dreamed them—I and she!
Nature uses for her game—
Pity that we long for joys,
And feel sorrows all the same!
Just as though our wills were free,
As we dreamed them—I and she!
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