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THE IDEAL FOUND.
To me there is a meaning in the tale.
I have not prayed to meet thee: I can brook
That thou should’st wear to me that icy veil;
I can give back thy cold and careless look:
Yet, shrined within my heart, still thou shalt seem,
What there thou ever wert, a beautiful, bright dream!
I have not prayed to meet thee: I can brook
That thou should’st wear to me that icy veil;
I can give back thy cold and careless look:
Yet, shrined within my heart, still thou shalt seem,
What there thou ever wert, a beautiful, bright dream!
