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SONGS OF CAPTIVITY: THE INVOCATION by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS

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First Line: OH! ART THOU STILL ON EARTH, MY LOVE?
Last Line: SPEAK TO ME, SPEAK!

OH! art thou still on earth, my love?
My only love!
Or smiling in a brighter home,
Far, far above.

Oh! is thy sweet voice fled, my love?
Thy light step gone?
And art thou not, in earth or heaven,
Still, still my own?

I see thee with thy gleaming hair,
In midnight dreams!
But cold, and clear, and spirit-like,
Thy soft eye seems.

Peace, in thy saddest hour, my love;
Dwelt on thy brow;
But something mournfully divine
There shineth now!

And silent ever is thy lip,
And pale thy cheek; --
Oh! art thou earth's, or art thou heaven's?
Speak to me, speak!



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