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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Wistfully

Wistfully,
Like to some maiden spirit pausing pale,
New-wing’d, yet fain to sail
Above the serene gulf to where a bridegroom soul
Calls o’er the soft horizon.
—Sidney Lanier