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TO HER LOVER	A
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Was it the moon or was it morning's ray	B
That call'd thee dearest from these arms away	B
Scarce hadst thou left me when a dream of night	C
Came o'er my spirit so distinct and bright	C
That while I yet can vividly recall	D
Its witching wonders thou shall hear them all	D
Methought I saw upon the lunar beam	E
Two winged boys such as thy muse might dream	E
Descending from above at that still hour	A
And gliding with smooth step into my bower	A
Fair as the beauteous spirits that all day	B
In Amatha's warm founts imprisoned stay	B
But rise at midnight from the enchanted rill	F
To cool their plumes upon some moonlight hill	F
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At once I knew their mission 'twas to bear	G
My spirit upward through the paths of air	G
To that elysian realm from whence stray beams	H
So oft in sleep had visited my dreams	H
Swift at their touch dissolved the ties that clung	I
All earthly round me and aloft I sprung	I
While heavenward guides the little genii flew	J
Thro' paths of light refreshed by heaven's own dew	J
And fanned by airs still fragrant with the breath	K
Of cloudless climes and worlds that know not death	K
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Thou knowest that far beyond our nether sky	L
And shown but dimly to man's erring eye	L
A mighty ocean of blue ether rolls	M
Gemmed with bright islands where the chosen souls	M
Who've past in lore and love their earthly hours	N
Repose for ever in unfading bowers	N
That very moon whose solitary light	C
So often guides thee to my bower at night	C
Is no chill planet but an isle of love	O
Floating in splendor through those seas above	O
And peopled with bright forms aerial grown	P
Nor knowing aught of earth but love alone	P
Thither I thought we winged our airy way	B
Mild o'er its valleys streamed a silvery day	B
While all around on lily beds of rest	Q
Reclined the spirits of the immortal Blest	Q
Oh there I met those few congenial maids	R
Whom love hath warmed in philosophic shades	R
There still Leontium on her sage's breast	Q
Found lore and love was tutored and carest	Q
And there the clasp of Pythia's gentle arms	S
Repaid the zeal which deified her charms	S
The Attic Master in Aspasia's eyes	T
Forgot the yoke of less endearing ties	T
While fair Theano innocently fair	G
Wreathed playfully her Samian's flowing hair	G
Whose soul now fixt its transmigrations past	Q
Found in those arms a resting place at last	Q
And smiling owned whate'er his dreamy thought	Q
In mystic numbers long had vainly sought	Q
The One that's formed of Two whom love hath bound	Q
Is the best number gods or men e'er found	Q
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But think my Theon with what joy I thrilled	Q
When near a fount which through the valley rilled	Q
My fancy's eye beheld a form recline	U
Of lunar race but so resembling thine	U
That oh 'twas but fidelity in me	V
To fly to clasp and worship it for thee	V
No aid of words the unbodied soul requires	N
To waft a wish or embassy desires	N
But by a power to spirits only given	W
A deep mute impulse only felt in heaven	W
Swifter than meteor shaft through summer skies	T
From soul to soul the glanced idea flies	T
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Oh my beloved how divinely sweet	Q
Is the pure joy when kindred spirits meet	Q
Like him the river god whose waters flow	X
With love their only light through caves below	X
Wafting in triumph all the flowery braids	R
And festal rings with which Olympic maids	R
Have decked his current as an offering meet	Q
To lay at Arethusa's shining feet	Q
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Think when he meets at last his fountain bride	Q
What perfect love must thrill the blended tide	Q
Each lost in each till mingling into one	W
Their lot the same for shadow or for sun	W
A type of true love to the deep they run	W
'Twas thus	Y
But Theon 'tis an endless theme	E
And thou growest weary of my half told dream	E
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Oh would my love we were together now	Z
And I would woo sweet patience to thy brow	Z
And make thee smile at all the magic tales	A2
Of starlight bowers and planetary vales	A2
Which my fond soul inspired by thee and love	O
In slumber's loom hath fancifully wove	B2
But no no more soon as tomorrow's ray	B
O'er soft Ilissus shall have died away	B
I'll come and while love's planet in the west	Q
Shines o'er our meeting tell thee all the rest	Q

Thomas Moore

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