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to eva. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 9 (Poems) [1909]

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The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 12 vols. Fireside Edition (Boston and New York, 1909).

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    • O fair and stately maid, whose eyes
    • Were kindled in the upper skies
    • At the same torch that lighted mine;
    • For so I must interpret still
    • Thy sweet dominion o'er my will,
    • A sympathy divine.
    • Ah! let me blameless gaze upon
    • Features that seem at heart my own;
    • Nor fear those watchful sentinels,
    • Who charm the more their glance forbids,
    • Chaste-glowing, underneath their lids,
    • With fire that draws while it repels.