Wednesday, September 26, 2012

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Ah! why so brief the visit, short his stay?
The acquaintance so surprising, and so sweet,
Stolen is my heart, 't is journeying far away,
With that shy stranger whom my voice did greet.
That hour so fertile of entrancing thought,
So rapt the conversation, and so free,
My heart lost soundings, tenderly upcaught,
Driven by soft sails of love and ecstasy!
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Amos Bronson Alcott
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Dr Antony Theodore 10 March 2019

The acquaintance so surprising, and so sweet, Stolen is my heart, 't is journeying far away, With that shy stranger whom my voice did greet. a fine poem. tony

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Amos Bronson Alcott

Amos Bronson Alcott

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