Her soul and body for a little gain

In ease, or the world's notice, has a stain

Upon her soul no lighter for the bells

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Of marriage rites, and purer far is she

Who gives her all for love's sad ecstasy.

Canst thou not understand a nature strong

And passionate, with impulses that sway,

With yearning tenderness that must have way,

Yet knows no ill desire, no touch of wrong?

If thou canst not then in God's name I pray

See me no more forever from this day.

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Shadow Song.

The night is long

And there are no stars,—

Let me but dream

That the long fields gleam

With sunlight and song,

Then I shall not long

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