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own the heart you take。 

     I love all good and noble souls��I heard One speak of you but lately�察�

and for days Only to think of it�察�my soul was stirred In tender memory of 

such generous praise。 

     I love all those who love you�察�all who owe Comfort to you�此             �and I can 

find regret Even for those poorer hearts who once could know�察�And once 

could love you�察�and can now forget。 

    Well�察�is my heart so narrowI�察�who spare Love for all these�拭                �Do I 

not even hold My favourite books in special tender care�察�And prize them 

as a miser does his gold�拭�

     The Poets that you used to read to me While summer twilights faded in 



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the sky�察�But most of all I think Aurora Leigh�察�Becausebecausedo you 

remember why�拭�

    Will you be jealous�拭   �Did you guess before I loved so many things�拭�

Still you the best�此� Dearest�察�remember that I love you more�察�Oh�察�more a 

thousand times than all the rest� �



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       VERSE�此                  �THE STORY OF THE 

                      FAITHFUL SOUL 



    FOUNDED ON AN OLD FRENCH LEGEND 

    The fettered Spirits linger In purgatorial pain�察�With penal fires effacing 

Their last faint earthly stain�察�Which Life's imperfect sorrow Had tried to 

cleanse in vain。 

    Yet   on   each   feast   of   Mary Their sorrow   finds   release�察  �For   the   Great 

Archangel Michael Comes down and bids it cease�察�And the name of these 

brief respites Is called ;Our Lady's Peace。; 

    Yet   onceso   runs   the   Legend   ´   When   the   Archangel   came   And   all 

these holy spirits Rejoiced at Mary's name�察�One voice alone was wailing�察�

Still wailing on the same。 

    And     though   a  great  Te   Deum    The   happy   echoes    woke�察  �This   one 

discordant wailing Through the sweet voices broke�察�So when St。 Michael 

questioned�察�Thus the poor spirit spoke�此� 

     ;I   am   not   cold   or   thankless�察  �Although   I   still   complain�察  �I   prize   our 

Lady's blessing Although it comes in vain To still my bitter anguish�察�Or 

quench my ceaseless pain。 

     ;On earth a heart that loved me�察�Still lives and mourns me there�察�And 

the shadow of his anguish Is more than I can bear�察�All the torment that I 

suffer Is the thought of his despair。 

     ;The evening of my bridal Death took my Life away�察�Not all Love's 

passionate pleading Could gain an hour's delay。 And he I left has suffered 

A whole year since that day。 

     ;If I could only see him�察 � If I could only go And speak one word of 

comfort And   solace��then�察  �I   know   He   would   endure   with   patience�察�And 

strive against his woe。; 

    Thus the Archangel answered�此� ;Your time of pain is brief�察�And soon 

the peace of Heaven Will give you full relief�察�Yet if his earthly comfort So 

much outweighs your grief�察�

     ;Then�察�through a special mercy I offer you this grace�察 � You may seek 



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him   who     mourns     you   And   look   upon   his   face�察  �And   speak   to  him   of 

comfort For one short minute's space。 

     ;But   when   that   time   is   ended�察  �Return   here�察  �and   remain   A  thousand 

years in torment�察�A thousand years in pain�此�Thus dearly must you purchase 

The comfort he will gain。; 

     * * * 

     The    Lime´trees'     shade    at  evening    Is  spreading     broad    and   wide�察�

Beneath their fragrant arches�察�Pace slowly�察�side by side�察�In low and tender 

converse�察�A Bridegroom and his Bride。 

     The   night   is   calm   and   stilly�察  �No   other   sound   is   there   Except   their 

happy voices�此�What is that cold bleak air That passes through the Lime´ 

trees And stirs the Bridegroom's hair�拭�

     While one low cry of anguish�察�Like the last dying wail Of some dumb�察�

hunted     creature�察  �Is  borne   upon    the   gale�此�  Why     does   the  Bridegroom 

shudder And turn so deathly pale�拭�

     * * * 

     Near Purgatory's entrance The radiant Angels wait�察�It was the great St。 

Michael   Who   closed   that   gloomy   gate�察  �When   the   poor   wandering   spirit 

Came back to meet her fate。 

     * * * 

     ;Pass on�察─�thus spoke the Angel�此�Heaven's joy is deep and vast�察�Pass 

on�察�pass on�察�poor Spirit�察�For Heaven is yours at last�察�In that one minute's 

anguish Your thousand years have passed。; 



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                 VERSE�此                  �A CONTRAST 



     Can   you   open   that   ebony   Casket�拭  �Look�察  �this   is   the   key�此�but   stay�察�

Those are only a few old letters Which I keep��to burn some day。 

     Yes�察�that Locket is quaint and ancient�察�But leave it�察�dear�察�with the ring�察�

And give me the little Portrait Which hangs by a crimson string。 

     I have never opened that   Casket Since�察�many   long years   ago�察�It   was 

sent me back in anger By one whom I used to know。 

     But I want you to see the Portrait�此�I wonder if you can trace A look of 

that smiling creature Left now in my faded face。 

     It   was   like   me   once�察  �but   remember   The   weary   relentless   years�察�And 

Life�察�with its fierce�察�brief Tempests�察�And its long�察�long rain of tears。 

     Is it strange to call it my Portrait�拭�Nay�察�smile�察�dear�察�for well you may�察�

To think of that radiant Vision And of what I am to´day。 

     With restless�察�yet confident longing How those blue eyes seem to gaze 

Into deep and exhaustless Treasures�察�All hid in the coming days。 

     With that trust which leans on the Future�察�And counts on her promised 

store�察�Until she has taught us to tremble And hope��but to trust no more。 

     How that young�察�light heart would have pitied Me nowif her dreams 

had shown A quiet and weary woman With all her illusions flown。 

     Yet   Iwho   shall   soon   be   resting�察�And   have   passed   the   hardest   part�察�

Can look back with a deeper pity On that young unconscious heart。 

     It is strange�察�but Life's currents drift us So surely and swiftly on�察�That 

we scarcely notice the changes�察�And how many things are gone�此�

     And forget�察�while to´day absorbs us�察�How old mysteries are unsealed�察�

How the old�察�old ties are loosened�察�And the old�察�old wounds are healed。 

     And we say that our Life is fleeting Like a story that Time has told�察�

But we fancy that wewe only Are just what we were of old。 

     So   now   and   then   it   is   wisdom   To   gaze�察  �as   I   do   to´day�察  �At   a   half´ 

forgotten relic Of a Time that is passed away。 

     The   very   look   of   that   Portrait�察  �The   Perfume   that   seems   to   cling   To 

those fragile and faded letters�察�And the Locket�察�and the Ring�察�

     If   they  only  stirred   in   my  spirit   Forgotten   pleasure   and   pain�察  � Why�察�



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memory is often bitter�察�And almost always in vain�察�

    But the contrast of bygone hours Comes to rend a veil away�察 � And I 

marvel to see the stranger Who is living in me to´day。 



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     VERSE�此                   �THE BRIDE'S DREAM 



     The   stars   are   gleaming�察�The   maiden sleeps   ´ What   is   she   dreaming�拭�

For seeshe weeps。 By her side is an Angel With folded wings�察�While the 

Maiden slumbers The Angel sings�此�He sings of a Bridal�察�Of Love�察�of Pain�察�

Of a heart to be given�察 � And all in vain�察。�See�察�her cheek is flushing�察�As if 

with   pain�撮�   He   telleth 

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