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OCTAVES IN AN OXFORD GARDEN: 30 by ARTHUR W. UPSON

First Line: OH, SOMETIMES, IN THE YEARS SINCE THEN, I TOO
Last Line: THE ALL-ENFOLDING, DEATHLESS LOVE OF YOU!
Subject(s): ABSENCE; LOVE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;

Oh, sometimes, in the years since then, I too
Through dangerous and deserted lands have wended,
And many a stark and chasmy steep descended
Which crumbling cataracts shed their vapour through.
But where such lone, mysterious blossom grew
I have not sought to learn, by one more splendid
Along the dimmest verges close attended —
The all-enfolding, deathless love of you!



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