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THE DREAM by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

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First Line: LOVE, IF I WEEP IT WILL NOT MATTER
Last Line: AH, IT IS GOOD TO FEEL YOU THERE!

Love, if I weep it will not matter,
And if you laugh I shall not care;
Fooor, and somewhere, somewhere,
There was a shutter loose, -- it screeched!

Swung in the wind, -- and no wind blowing! --
I was afraid, and turned to you,
Put out my hand to you for comfort, --
And you were gone! Cold, cold as dew,

Under my hand the moonlight lay!
Love, if you laugh I shall not care,
But if I weep it will not matter, --
Ah, it is good to feel you there!






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