Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO EVA, by RALPH WALDO EMERSON


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First Line: O fair and stately maid, whose eyes
Last Line: With fire that draws while it repels.


O fair and stately maid, whose eyes
Were kindled in the upper skies
At the same torch that lighted mine;
For so I must interpret still
Thy sweet dominion o'er my will,
A sympathy divine.

Ah! let me blameless gaze upon
Features that seem at heart my own;
Nor fear those watchful sentinels,
Who charm the more their glance forbids,
Chaste-glowing, underneath their lids,
With fire that draws while it repels.





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