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First Line: Pale friends you wish us ever to remain
Last Line: A wind blew, and dim worship flamed to love.
Subject(s): Infatuation; Friendship


Pale friends you wish us ever to remain:
The thriftless seasons no new hope must bring
To tempt our thoughts on more adventurous wing?
Must we the pulses of a heart restrain
Or rob the prelude of its sweet refrain, --
That subtle music each entranced spring
Hath heard anew its captive lovers sing
And in the buzz of summer lost again?

I have been guileless long: angels and you
And beauty in my dreams together played.
The sunshine and your smile my heaven made
Laden with some great joy that I half knew.
That holy happiness did mortal prove;
A wind blew, and dim worship flamed to love.





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