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ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
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Not hardest Fortune's most unbounded stress
Can blind my soul nor hurl it from on high,
Possessing thee, the self of loftiness,
And very light that Light discovers by.
Howe'er thou turn'st, wrong Earth! still Love's in sight,
For we are taller than the breadth of night.

Baltimore, 1874-5.