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She had looked for his coming as warriors come, / With the clash of arms and the bugle's call: / But he came instead with a stealthy tread, / Which she did not hear at all.
She had thought how his armor would blaze in the sun, / As he rode like a prince to claim his bride: / In the sweet dim light of the falling night / She found him at her side.
She had dreamed how the gaze of his strange, bold eye / Would wake her heart to a sudden glow: / She found in his face the familiar grace / Of a friend she used to know.
She had dreamed how his coming would stir her soul, / As the ocean is stirred by the wild storm's strife: / He brought her the balm of a heavenly calm, / And a peace which crowned her life.