From “The Angel in the House”
I GREW assured, before I asked,
That she ’d be mine without reserve,
And in her unclaimed graces basked
At leisure, till the time should serve,—
With just enough of dread to thrill
The hope, and make it trebly...
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The Gray sea, and the long black land; Then a... |
The Elder folk shook hands at last, |
If yon bright stars which gem the night |