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UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 19. KATHARINE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: We see you as we see a face
Last Line: And backed by the reflected blue.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Robert Lewis Balfour
Subject(s): Faces; Mirrors


WE see you as we see a face
That trembles in a forest place
Upon the mirror of a pool
For ever quiet, clear and cool;
And in the wayward glass, appears
To hover between smiles and tears,
Elfin and human, airy and true,
And backed by the reflected blue.





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