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"Hermione and other poems [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAP5349.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 5, 2024.
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ALONE
STILL earth turns and pulses stir,And each day hath its deed;But if I be dead to her,What is the life I lead?
Cares the cuckoo for the wood,When the red leaves are down?Stays the robin near the brood,When they are fledged and flown?
Yea, we live; the common airTo both its bounty brings.Mockery! Can the absent shareThe half-forgotten things?
Barren comfort fancy dolesTo him that truly sees;Sullen Earth can sever souls, Far as the Pleiades.
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Take thy toys, step-mother Earth,—Take force of limb and brain;All thy gifts are little worth,Till her I find again.
Grass may spring and buds may stir,—Why should mine eyes take heed?For if I be dead to her,Then am I dead indeed.
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