God be thank’d, the meanest of his creatures | |
Boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, |
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One to show a woman when he loves her. | |
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This I say of me, but think of you, Love! | |
This to you—yourself my moon of poets! | |
Ah, but that ’s the world’s side—there ’s the wonder— | |
Thus they see you, praise you, think they know you. |
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There in turn I stand with them and praise you, | |
Out of my own self, I dare to phrase it. | |
But the best is when I glide from out them, | |
Cross a step or two of dubious twilight, | |
Come out on the other side, the novel |
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Silent silver lights and darks undream’d of, | |
Where I hush and bless myself with silence.
One Word More (Robert Browning)
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