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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By SophieJewett

1503 Song

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

From following feet,

A face such as hideth and shifteth

Evasive and sweet.

Thy voice I have heard as one heareth,

Afar and apart,

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,

The forest is mute.