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ABSENT YET PRESENT by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON

First Line: AS THE FLIGHT OF A RIVER
Last Line: THE BEAT OF MY HEART!
Subject(s): LOVE;

As the flight of a river
That flows to the sea
My soul rushes ever
In tumult to thee.

A twofold existence
I am where thou art;
My heart in the distance
Beats close to my heart.

Look up, I am near thee,
I gaze on thy face;
I see thee, I hear thee,
I feel thine embrace --

But all that I care for,
And all that I know,
Is that, without wherefore,
I worship thee so --

A twofold existence
I am where thou art;
Hark, hear in the distance
The beat of my heart!



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