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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN FIRST YOU CAME, by CAROLINE KLINGENSMITH GARDNER
First Line: When first you came, it was as if a breeze
Last Line: So fair the mood you left, when first you came.
Subject(s): Wellesley College
First Line: When first you came, it was as if a breeze
Last Line: So fair the mood you left, when first you came.
Subject(s): Wellesley College
WHEN first you came, it was as if a breeze,
A gentle summer breeze, had blown my hair;
A summer rain, it seemed, had cooled the air
And at the gate the tall magnolia trees
Were stirred as by some talisman, some name;
Your presence lingered after like a dream --
As dew-washed petals in the morning gleam,
So fair the mood you left, when first you came.
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