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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...her face within; A cheek and lip--but why proceed? 225 I loved her then--I love her still; And such as I am, love indeed In fierce extremes--in good and ill; But still we love even in our rage, And haunted to our very age 230 With the vain shadow of the past, As is Mazeppa to the last. VI. "We met--we gazed--I saw, and sigh'd, She did not speak, and yet replied: There are ten thousand tones and signs 235 We hear and see, but none defines--Involuntary sparks of thought, Which strike from out the heart o'erwrought And form a strange intelligence Alike mysterious and intense, 240 Which link the burning chain that binds, Without their will, young hearts and minds: Conveying, as the electric wire, We know not how, the absorbing fire.--I saw, and sigh'd--in silence wept, 245 And still reluctant distance kept, Until I was made known to her, And we might then and there confer Without suspicion--then, even then, I long'd, and was resolved to speak; Mo But on my lips they died again, The accents tremulous and weak, Until one hour.--There is a game, A frivolous and foolish play, Wherewith we while away the day; 255 It is--I have forgot the name--And we to this, it seems, were set, By some strange chance, which I forget: I reckon'd not if I won or lost, It was enough for me to be 26o So near to hear, and oh to see The being whom I loved the most. I watch'd her as a sentinel, (May ours this dark night watch as well ) Until I saw, and thus it was, 265 That she was pensive, nor perceived Her occupation, nor was grieved Nor glad to lose or gain; but still Play'd on for hours, as if her will Yet bound her to the place, though not 270 That hers might be the winning lot. Then through my brain the thought did pass Even as a flash of lightning there, That there was...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458818331 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458818330 |
| Weight | 0.41 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.28 In |
| List Price | $16.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 118 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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