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"American Female Poets [an electronic edition]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAE7433.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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HOW HAVE I THOUGHT OF THEE?
How have I thought of thee? as fliesThe dove to seek her mate,Trembling lest some rude hand has madeHer sweet home desolate;Thus timidly I seek in thine,The only heart that throbs with mine.
How have I thought of thee? as turnsThe flower to meet the sun,E'en though, when clouds and storms arise,It be not shone upon:Thus, dear one, in thine eye I seeThe only light that beams for me.
How have I thought of thee? as dreamsThe mariner of home,When doomed o'er many a weary wasteOf waters yet to roam;
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Thus doth my spirit turn to thee,My guiding star o'er life's wild sea.
How have I thought of thee? as kneelsThe Persian at the shrineOf his resplendent god, to watchHis earliest glories shine;Thus doth my spirit bow to thee,My soul's own radiant deity.
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