Perpetual Light : a memorial by William Rose Benét
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Clod by white lily.
Give me neither tear nor sigh; Breath but this in passing by, Where empearled with morning dew The high grass above her Waves, and above me too,-- "He was her lover!" THE ONE You are that belovèd thing Which, through all my seeking In silence or in speaking, I would find, and finding sing! You are that belovèd air Which, o'er all the chiming Of music or of rhyming, Reconciles my long despair. You are that belovèd sight Which, beyond life's fairest Or rich beauty's rarest, Fills my heart with true delight. You are that belovèd place Where, past all the portals To the pomp of mortals, Love perceives the courts of grace, |
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