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The Vision

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The Vision

Lo ! there she comes from afar
Her eyes tender as moonlight
Or the evening star
On a purple night
In Autumn ! See !
She is fair as a swan
Sailing at dawn
On a tree-gloomed lake
Richly and wond'rously opaque,
By water-lilies, silently!

Title: The Vision
Identifier: greatwar_kerrdaubs017

Item sets: War Daubs: Poems

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