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Love's Coming.

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She had looked for his coming as warriors come,          With the clash of arms and the bugle's call:              But he came instead with a stealthy tread,          Which she did not hear at all.              She had thought how his armor would blaze in the sun,          As he rode like a prince to claim his bride:              In the sweet dim light of the falling night          She found him at her side.              She had dreamed how the gaze of his strange, bold eye          Would wake her heart to a sudden glow:              She found in his face the familiar grace          Of a friend she used to know.              She had dreamed how his coming would stir her soul,          As the ocean is stirred by the wild storm's strife:              He brought her the balm of a heavenly calm,          And a peace which crowned her life.

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