FRAGMENT
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.. That night I loved youin the candlelight.Your golden hairstrewed the sweet whiteness of the pillowsand the counterpane.O the darkness of the corners,the warm air, and the starsframed in the casement of the ships' lights!The waves lapped into the harbour;the boats creaked;a man's voice sang out on the quay;and you loved me.In your love were the tall tree fuchsias,the blue of the hortensias, the scarlet nasturtiums,the trees on the hills,the roads we had covered,and the sea that had borne your bodybefore the rocks of Hartland.You loved me with theseand with the kindness of people,country folk, sailors and fishermen,and the old lady who had lodged us and supped us.You loved me with yourselfthat was these and more,changed as the earth is changedinto the bloom of flowers.
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