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When the dawn winds whisper / To the standing corn, / And the rose of morning / From the dark is born, / All my shadowy garden / Seems to grow aware / Of a fragrant presence, / Half expected there.
In the golden shimmer / Of the burning noon, / When the birds are silent / And the poppies swoon, / Once more I behold her / Smile and turn her face, / With its infinite regard, / Its immortal grace.
When the twilight silvers / Every nodding flower, / And the new moon hallows / The first evening hour, / Is it not her footfall / Down the garden walks, / Where the drowsy blossoms / Slumber on their stalks?
In the starry quiet, / When the soul is free, / And a vernal message / Stirs the lilac tree, / Surely I have felt her / Pass and brush my cheek, / With the eloquence of love / That does not need to speak!