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1. "And the lamp light o'er him streaming
Throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out my shadow
That lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted--nevermore!"
2. "And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling--my darling--my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In here tomb by the sounding sea."
3. "And thus are dearer than the mother I knew
By that infinity with which my wife
Was dearer to my soul than its soul-life."
4. "At morn--at noon--at twilight dim--
Maria! thou has heard my hymn!
In joy and woe--in good and ill--
Mother of God, be with me still!"
5. "For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes,
Brightly expressive as the twins of Loeda,
Shall find her own sweet name, that, nestling lies
Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader."
6. "Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche
How statue-like I see thee stand,
The agate lamp within thy hand!
Ah, Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy-Land!"
7. "Some tomb from out whose sounding door
She ne'er shall force an echo more,
Thrilling to think, poor child of sin!
It was the dead who groaned within."
8. "Would God I could awaken!
For I dream I know not how,
And my soul is sorely shaken
Lest an evil step be taken,-
Lest the dead who is forsaken
May not be happy now."
9. "For on its wing was dark alloy,
And as it flutter'd--fell
An essence--powerful to destroy
A soul that knew it well."
10. "That little time with lyre and rhyme
To while away--forbidden things!
My heart would feel to be a crime
Unless it trembled with the strings."
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