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I. Where hast thou folded thy pinions, / Spirit of Dreams? / Hidden elusive garments / Woven of gleams? / In what divine dominions, / Brighter than day, / Far from the world's dark torments, / Dost thou stay, dost thou stay? -- / When shall my yearnings reach thee / Again? / Not in vain let my soul beseech thee! / Not in vain! not in vain!
II. I have longed for thee as a lover / For her, the one; / As a brother for a sister / Long dead and gone. / I have called thee over and over / Names sweet to hear; / With words than music trister, / And thrice as dear. / How long must my sad heart woo thee, / Yet fail? / How long must my soul pursue thee, / Nor avail, nor avail?