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VI


Peer of the gods he seems,
  1
Who in thy presence
Sits and hears close to him
Thy silver speech-tones
And lovely laughter.

Ah, but the heart flutters
  6
Under my bosom,
When I behold thee
Even a moment;
Utterance leaves me;

My tongue is useless;
  11
A subtle fire
Runs through my body;
My eyes are sightless,
And my ears ringing;

I flush with fever,
  16
And a strong trembling
Lays hold upon me;
Paler than grass am I,
Half dead for madness.

Yet must I, greatly
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Daring, adore thee,
As the adventurous
Sailor makes seaward
For the lost sky-line

And undiscovered
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Fabulous islands,
Drawn by the lure of
Beauty and summer
And the sea's secret.







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