SHE pass'd away like morning dew
Before the sun was high;
So brief her time, she scarcely knew
The meaning of a sigh.
...
WHEN we were idlers with the loitering rills,
The need of human love we little noted:
Our love was nature; and the peace that floated
On the white mist, and dwelt upon the hills,
...
SHE is not fair to outward view,
As many maidens be,
Her loveliness I never knew
Until she smiled on me:
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STILL for the world he lives, and lives in bliss,
For God and for himself. Ten years and three
Have now elapsed since he was dead to me
...
RESTLESS forms of living light
Quivering on your lucid wings,
Cheating still the curious sight
...
LONG time a child, and still a child, when years
Had painted manhood on my cheek, was I, -
For yet I lived like one not born to die;
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THE dark green Summer, with its massive hues,
Fades into Autumn's tincture manifold.
A gorgeous garniture of fire and gold
...
SHE was a queen of noble Nature's crowning,
A smile of hers was like an act of grace;
She had no winsome looks, no pretty frowning,
Like daily beauties of the vulgar race:
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SHE is not fair to outward view
As many maidens be,
Her loveliness I never knew
Until she smiled on me;
...