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RECOMPENSE by MABEL DAVIDSON

First Line: I'M GLAD I LOVE YOU!
Last Line: AND FOUND—AND LOST—THE VISION.
Subject(s): HEARTS; LOVE;

I'M glad I love you!
Yes, tho the pain be sharp,
Tho the weak flesh still vibrates from your touch,
And sense and soul quiver in longing still.

Yes, I am glad!—
Glad when the earth forevermore is dark—
That for one moment I have scaled the heights,
Touched where the rose and gold of sunrise mingle,
Freed me from base earth mould,
And found—and lost—The Vision.



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