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SAPPHO TO HESPERUS by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

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First Line: I HAVE BEHELD THEE IN THE MORNING HOUR
Last Line: THOU SEEMEST, STAR OF LOVE! TO THROB WITH LIGHT.

I have beheld thee in the morning hour
A solitary star, with thankless eyes,
Ungrateful as I am! who bade thee rise
When sleep all night had wandered from my bower.

Can it be true that thou art he
Who shinest now above the sea
Amid a thousand, but more bright?
Ah yes, the very same art thou
That heard me then, and hearest now . .
Thou seemest, star of love! to throb with light.



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