Songs of Love and Rebellion/The one woman
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THE ONE WOMAN
I have seen her coming to me through the dreamlands of the night,
And the star-crown on her tresses filled the world with wondrous light.
There was 'round her all the glory of the once great Southern race;
All the Old South's strength and beauty; all its nameless charm and grace.
Her dark hair sweeping backward showed a forehead broad and white;
And a passion born of heaven gave her eyes undying light.
'Round her white soul lingered all the virtues, honor, love and truth,
All the stainlessness of woman in the loveliness of youth.
She was just as I had dreamed her, from my childhood to to-day,—
The ideal and the vision which will never pass away.