<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357948" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Lovers</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">One idle hour she sought to see<br>Whose image 'twas he cherished so<br>(All fondly certain whose 'twould be),<br>And found - a girl she did not know.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A trusty maiden's modest face,<br>All innocence and purity.<br>'What nun is this that fills my place?<br>Alas, he loves me not!' sighed she.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Nay, daughter, let no foolish fears<br>Your trust in his devotion mar,'<br>Her mother said. 'Come, dry your tears;<br>That is the girl he thinks you are.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">All fondly curious with love<br>(Half guessing what he would lay bare)<br>He rifled her heart's treasure trove,<br>And found - a stranger's image there.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'This is the man she loves!' said he,<br>And, searching in the noble face,<br>Read high resolve and constancy.<br>'This saint,' he cried, 'usurps my place!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Nay,' spake his friend. 'Your anger cool;<br>Gaze on that God-like face once more:<br>Then be satisfied, O fool;<br>That is the man she takes you for.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357948" data-title="The Lovers de Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis" data-description="One idle hour she sought to see Whose image 'twas he cherished so (All fondly certain whose 'twould be), And found - a girl she did not know. A trusty maiden's modest face, All innocence and purity. 'What nun is this that fills my place? Alas, he..."></div> </div> </div>

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