Some things are very dear to me --Such things as flowers bathed by rain Or patterns traced upon the sea... But dearer far than all surmise Are sudden tear-drops in your eyes.
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Oh, stir the lucid waters of thy sleep; And coin for me a tale; Of happy loves and gems and joyous limbs; And hearts where love is sweet.
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Silence is a sounding thing; To one who listens hungrily.
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