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Fragment: To One Singing.

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My spirit like a charmed bark doth swim     Upon the liquid waves of thy sweet singing,     Far far away into the regions dim     Of rapture - as a boat, with swift sails winging     Its way adown some many-winding river,     Speeds through dark forests o'er the waters swinging...     NOTES:     _3 Far far away B.; Far away 1839.     _6 Speeds...swinging B.; omitted 1839.

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