Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 82
in Nature that is ours;We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours. And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;For this, for everything, we are out of tune;It moves us not — Great God ! Id rather be A Pagan…
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