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hou seemest to my fancy, singing hereAnd gathering flowers, as that fair maiden when _50She lost the Spring, and Ceres her, more dear. NOTES:_2 The 1862; That 1834._4, _5 So 1862;Up a green slope, beneath the starry roof,With slow, slow steps-- 1834._6 inmost 1862; leafy 1834._9 So 1862; The slow, soft stroke of a continuous sleep cj. Rossetti, 1870._9-_28 So 1862;Like the sweet breathing of a child asleep:Already I had lost myself so farAmid that tangled wilderness that IPerceived not where I ventured, but no fearOf wandering from my way disturbed, when nighA little stream appeared; the grass that grewThick on its banks impeded suddenlyMy going on. 1834._13 the 1862; their cj. Rossetti, 1870._26 through]the cj. Rossetti._28 hue 1862; dew 1834._30 dew 1862; hue 1834._32 Eternal shades 1862; Of the close boughs 1834._33 So 1862; No ray of moon or sunshine would endure 1834._34, _35 So 1862;My feet were motionless, but mid the gloomsDarted my charmed eyes--1834._37 Which 1834; That 1862._39 So 1834; Dissolves all other thought...1862._40 So 1862; Appeared a solitary maid--she went 1834._46 Towards 1862; Unto 1834._47 thee, to come 1862; thee O come 1834. ***
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