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The Face in the Stream

 The sunburnt face in the willow shade

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 To the face in the water-mirror said,

 “O deep mysterious face in the stream,

 Art thou myself or am I thy dream?”

 And the face deep down in the water’s side

 To the face in the upper air replied,

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 “I am thy dream, them poor worn face,

 And this is thy heart’s abiding place.

 “Too much in the world, come back and be

 Once more my dream-fellow with me,

 “In the far-off untarnished years

 Before thy furrows were washed with tears,

 “Or ever thy serious creature eyes

 Were aged with a mist of memories.

 “Hast thou forgotten the long ago

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