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TO THOMAS HARDY.
So dear hath grown thy rubied page to me,
When brooky wood or laughing mead I see,
Not of itself I think, but first of thee,—
And sweet is it, thus in men’s eyes to hold—
Ah, moment proud!—thy strong right hand in mine,
The hand so lavish of poetic gold,
So prodigal of honey and of wine.
