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UNDINE' by HENRY VAN DYKE

First Line: TWAS FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO
Last Line: Unconscious of her coming dreams
Subject(s): FAIRY TALES;

'Twas far away and long ago,
When I was but a dreaming boy,
This fairy tale of love and woe
Entranced my heart with tearful joy;
And while with white Undine I wept
Your spirit,''"ah, how strange it seems,''"
Was cradled in some star, and slept,
Unconscious of her coming dreams.



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