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facts in verse.
One only, who forbidden still
To follow her, said in heart-play,
I will haste round the longer way,
And while obedient, have my will,
And see her once again to-day.
To follow her, said in heart-play,
I will haste round the longer way,
And while obedient, have my will,
And see her once again to-day.
He waited long beside her door,—
Then said, Her foot is swift and light;
An hour ago, if I read right,
She passed this happy threshold o'er—
He stooped and kissed it 'neath the night.
Then said, Her foot is swift and light;
An hour ago, if I read right,
She passed this happy threshold o'er—
He stooped and kissed it 'neath the night.
And laughing at his vigil vain,
And thinking, when the sun's gold edge
Should ripple over the eastern ridge
Of clouds, they two would meet again,
He loitered homeward by the bridge.
And thinking, when the sun's gold edge
Should ripple over the eastern ridge
Of clouds, they two would meet again,
He loitered homeward by the bridge.
There listening, Is it mists of night,
That break thy murmur to my ear,
That break thy murmur to my ear,