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PILATE'S WIFE'S DREAM
2023-12-06PILATE'S WIFE'S DREAM. I've quench'd my lamp, I struck it in that start Which every limb convulsed, I heard it fall—— The ...
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MEMENTOS
2023-12-06MEMENTOS Arranging long-locked drawers and shelves Of cabinets, shut up for years, What a strange task we've set ourselves! How still the lonely r...
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THE WIFE'S WILL
2023-12-06THE WIFE'S WILL. Sit still——a word——a breath may break (As light airs stir a sleeping lake) The glassy calm that soothes m...
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THE WOOD
2023-12-06THE WOOD But two miles more, and then we rest! Well, there is still an hour of day, And long the brightness of the West Will light us on our devious w...
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FRANCES
2023-12-06FRANCES She will not sleep, for fear of dreams, But, rising, quits her restless bed, And walks where some beclouded beams Of moonlight through the hal...
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GILBERT (1)
2023-12-06GILBERT. I. THE GARDEN. Above the city hung the moon, Right o'er a plot of ground Where flowers and orchard-trees were fenced With lofty walls aro...
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GILBERT (2)
2023-12-06II. THE PARLOUR. Warm is the parlour atmosphere, Serene the lamp's soft light; The vivid embers, red and clear, Proclaim a frosty night. Books, va...
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GILBERT (3)
2023-12-06III. THE WELCOME HOME. Above the city hangs the moon, Some clouds are boding rain; Gilbert, erewhile on journey gone, To-night comes home again. Ten y...
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THE LETTER
2023-12-06THE LETTER. What is she writing? Watch her now, How fast her fingers move! How eagerly her youthful brow Is bent in thought above! Her long curls, dro...
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REGRET
2023-12-06REGRET. Long ago I wished to leave "The house where I was born;" Long ago I used to grieve, My home seemed so forlorn. In other years, its s...