| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Lines by a Person of Quality |
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| THE LOVES that doubted, the loves that dissembled, | |
| That still mistrusted themselves and trembled, | |
| That held back their hands and would not touch; | |
| Who strained sad eyes to look more nearly, | |
| And saw too curiously and clearly | 5 |
| What others blindly clutch; | |
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| To whom their passion seemed only seeming, | |
| Who dozed and dreamed they were only dreaming, | |
| And fell in a dusk of dreams on sleep; | |
| When dreams and darkness are rent asunder, | 10 |
| And morn makes mock of their doubts and wonder, | |
| What should they do but weep? | |
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