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And then, in shame, I swiftly put aside All faintest questioning; thenceforth to abide In trust as pure, as boundless, and as wide As still sea deeps, unvexed of any tide. AND THEN IN SHAME I SWIFTLY PUT ASIDE ALL FAINTEST QUESTIONING THENCEFORTH TO ABIDE IN TRUST AS PURE AS BOUNDLESS AND AS WIDE AS STILL SEA DEEPS UNVEXED OF ANY TIDE
that we together knew; Or that there grew Strange bud or bloom to make the earth more fair. —A most unworthy fancy, it is true; Since nature is but nature everywhere, The same kind mother, in whatever land; So too, maybe, could we but understand, All hearts and loves are only as a part Of one great Heart Whose universal pulses so expand That any lesser life that therein beats Should no more dream of this word “jealousy” Than yonder shining flakes of bloom should be Jealous, forsooth, of the whole hawthorn tree That is but one with their own mass of sweets. And so, at last, through blind, unreasoning grief Beyond belief, Brightly within my heart there did uprise Love’s loyalty, rebuking in this wise: “Has she not spoken, oft and oft again, These three plain words ‘I love you’? Wherefore, then, What right have you To deem mere distance could her love undo? To fancy aught exists that could estrange Her heart from yours, wherein there is no change, Or judge her own to be less simply true?” E DIVINELY BLUE THAN THIS HOME SKY THAT WE TOGETHER KNEW OR THAT THERE GREW STRANGE BUDS OR BLOOM TO MAKE THE EARTH MORE FAIR A MOST UNWORTHY FANCY IT IS TRUE SINCE NATURE IS BUT NATURE EVERYWHERE THE SAME KIND MOTHER IN WHATEVER LAND SO TOO MAY BE COULD WE BUT UNDERSTAND ALL HEARTS AND LOVES ARE ONLY AS PART OF ONE GREAT HEART WHOSE UNIVERSAL PULSES SO EXPAND THAT ANY LESSER LIFE THAT THEREIN BEATS SHOULD NO MORE DREAM OF THIS WORD JEALOUSY THAN YONDER SHINING FLAKES OF BLOOM SHOULD BE JEALOUS FORSOOTH OF THE WHOLE HAWTHORN TREE THAT IS BUT ONE WITH THEIR OWN MASS OF SWEETS AND SO AT LAST THROUGH BLIND UNREASONING GRIEF BEYOND BELIEF BRIGHTLY WITHIN MY HEART THERE DID UPRISE LOVE'S LOYALTY REBUKING IN THIS WISE HAS SHE NOT SPOKEN OFT AND OFT AGAIN THESE THREE PLAIN WORDS I LOVE YOU WHEREFORE THEN WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU TO DEEM MERE DISTANCE COULD HER LOVE UNDO TO FANCY AUGHT EXISTS THAT COULD ESTRANGE HER HEART FROM YOURS WHEREIN THERE IS NO CHANGE OR JUDGE HER OWN TO BE LESS SIMPLY TRUE
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