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The Constant Lover

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I see fair women all the day,     They pass and pass - and go;     I almost dream that they are shades     Within a shadow-show.     Their beauty lays no hand on me,     They talk - - I hear no word;     I ask my eyes if they have seen,     My ears if they have heard.     For why - within the north countree     A little maid, I know,     Is waiting through the days for me,     Drear days so long and slow.

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