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From The Arabic: An Imitation.

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1.     My faint spirit was sitting in the light     Of thy looks, my love;     It panted for thee like the hind at noon     For the brooks, my love.     Thy barb whose hoofs outspeed the tempest's flight     Bore thee far from me;     My heart, for my weak feet were weary soon,     Did companion thee.     2.     Ah! fleeter far than fleetest storm or steed     Or the death they bear,     The heart which tender thought clothes like a dove     With the wings of care;     In the battle, in the darkness, in the need,     Shall mine cling to thee,     Nor claim one smile for all the comfort, love,     It may bring to thee.

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