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When, Looking Deeply In Thy Face.

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When, looking deeply in thy face,     I catch the undergleam of grace     That grows beneath the outward glance,     Long looking, lost as in a trance     Of long desires that fleet and meet     Around me like the fresh and sweet     White showers of rain which, vanishing,     'Neath heaven's blue arches whirl, in spring;     Suddenly then I seem to know     Of some new fountain's overflow     In grassy basins, with a sound     That leads my fancy, past all bound,     Into a region of retreat     From this my life's bewildered heat.     Oh if my soul might always draw     From those deep fountains full of awe,     The current of my days should rise     Unto the level of thine eyes!

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