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DREAMING of love, the ardent mind of youth / Conceives it one with passion's brief delights, / With keen desire and rapture. But, in truth, / These are but milestones to sublime heights / After the highways, swept by strong emotions, / Where wild winds blow and blazing sun rays beat, / After the billows of tempestuous oceans, / Fair mountain summits wait the lover's feet.
The path is narrow, but the view is wide, / And beauteous the outlook towards the west / Happy are they who walk there side by side, / Leaving below the valleys of unrest, / And on the radiant altitudes above / Know the serene intensity of love.