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AD ASTRA: 37 by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE

First Line: O LITTLE HANDS AND FEET! O HEART OF MINE!
Last Line: THY HEART IS MINE, AND BEAUTY DWELLETH THERE!
Subject(s): BABIES; FATHERS; HEARTS; LOVE; INFANTS;

'O little hands and feet! O Heart of mine!
Why linger listless in thy father's hail?
Why tarriest thou in that far home of thine,
Unwitting that I love thee all in all?
Hast never on the midnight heard my call?
What tho' mine eyes have never own'd thee fair,
Thy heart is mine, and Beauty dwelleth there!



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