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Lowell, James Russell - It seemed that thy strong heart would leap
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The Poems of James Russell Lowell
It seemed that thy strong heart would leap
Out of thy breast, and thou didst weep
But not with fear of dying;
Men could not fathom thy deep fears
They could not understand thy tears
The hoarded agony of years
Of bitter self denying
So once, when high above the spheres
Thy spirit sought its starry peers
It came not back to face the jeers
Of brothers who denied it;
Star crowned, thou dost possess the deeps
Of God, and thy white body keeps
Patient watch beside it