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He feeds upon her face by day and night, And she with true kind eyes looks back on him, Fair as the moon and joyful as the light: Not wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim; Not as she is, but was when hope shone bright; Not as she is, but as she fills his dream.
— Christina Rossetti
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Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth.
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Love shall be our token; love be yours and love be mine.
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I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on.
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Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.
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She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.
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