| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1503. Song |
| | | By Sophie Jewett (“Ellen Burroughs”) |
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| THY face I have seen as one seeth | |
| A face in a dream, | |
| Soft drifting before me as drifteth | |
| A leaf on the stream: | |
| A face such as evermore fleeth | 5 |
| From following feet, | |
| A face such as hideth and shifteth | |
| Evasive and sweet. | |
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| Thy voice I have heard as one heareth, | |
| Afar and apart, | 10 |
| The wood-thrush that rapturous poureth | |
| The song of his heart; | |
| Who heedeth is blest, but who neareth, | |
| In wary pursuit, | |
| May see where the singer upsoareth, | 15 |
| The forest is mute. | |
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