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HEART'S DESIRE by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS

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First Line: NOW THAT THE DREAM IS VANISHED, AND THE NIGHT IS FLED
Last Line: O GIVE ME BACK MY DOUBT AGAIN, AND LET ME DREAM!
Subject(s): DESIRE;
Now that the dream is vanished, and the night is fled,
And doubt is mine no more, now my desire is mine,
I hunger for the sped delight that dawn has banished,
Dawn my desire: O fool! the night was more divine.

In sorrow did I languish, and have I not shed
Tears for untasted joys that did immortal seem?
Now hope, with fear, lies dead, and passion, with its anguish:
O give me back my doubt again, and let me dream!



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