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Without Her What of her glass without her? The blank grey There where the pool is blind of the moon’s face. Her dress without her? The tossed empty space Of cloud-rack whence the moon has passed away. Her paths without her? Day’s appointed sway Usurped by desolate night. Her... Poet: Dante Gabriel Rossetti	“Has summer come without the rose?” Has summer come without the rose, Or left the bird behind? Is the blue changed above thee, O world! or am I blind? Will you change every flower that grows, Or only change this spot, Where she who said, I love thee, Now says, I love... Poet: Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy	Flowers without Fruit Prune thou thy words; the thoughts control That o’er thee swell and throng;— They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done,... Poet: John Henry Newman	Without and Within Anonymous translation from the Italian IF every man’s internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now? The fatal secret, when revealed, Of every aching breast, Would prove that only while... Poet: Pietro Metastasio
Cosmopolities without a plea Cosmopolites without a plea Alight in every Land The compliments of Paradise From those within my Hand Their dappled Journey to themselves A compensation fair Knock and it shall be opened ... Poet:	Doom is the House without the Door — Doom is the House without the Door — 'Tis entered from the Sun — And then the Ladder's thrown away, Because Escape — is done — 'Tis varied by the Dream Of what they do outside — Where Squirrels play... Poet:	God made no act without a cause, God made no act without a cause, Nor heart without an aim, Our inference is premature, Our premises to blame. Poet:	So well that I can live without — So well that I can live without — I love thee — then How well is that? As well as Jesus? Prove it me That He — loved Men — As I — love thee — Poet:
The Body grows without — The Body grows without — The more convenient way — That if the Spirit — like to hide Its Temple stands, alway, Ajar — secure — inviting — It never did betray The Soul that asked its shelter ... Poet:	The Service without Hope — The Service without Hope — Is tenderest, I think — Because 'tis unsustained By stint — Rewarded Work — Has impetus of Gain — And impetus of Goal — There is no Diligence like that That... Poet: