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AD ASTRA: 47 by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE

First Line: O LOVE! THAT SITT'ST UPON THY DEATHLESS THRONE
Last Line: —AH! ONCE LIKE THIS DID DAWN IN EDEN RISE!'
Subject(s): EDEN; HEARTS; HEAVEN; LOVE - COMPLAINTS; LOVE - LOSS OF; PARADISE;

'O Love! that sitt'st upon thy deathless throne,
Controlling all by thine Omnipotence—
O Heart! that deem'st thou canst not love, since none
Can give thee back thy heart's full recompense—
O Love for Love! divinest Affluence!
To read thy longing in another's eyes
—Ah! once like this did Dawn in Eden rise!'



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