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Poems (Osgood)/Fanny's Error

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4445291Poems — Fanny's ErrorFrances Sargent Osgood
FANNY'S ERROR.
Fanny shuts her smiling eyes, Then, because she cannot see,—Thoughtless simpleton! she cries, "Ah! you can't see me!"
Fanny's like the sinner vain, Who with spirit shut and dim, Thinks because he sees not Heaven, Heaven cannot see him!