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O man! thou half-dead Angel!
First published in 1893.
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Thy stern and sullen eye, and thy dark brow
Chill me, like dew-damps of th' unwholesome Night.
My Love, a timorous and tender flower,
Closes beneath thy Touch, unkindly man!
Breath'd on by gentle gales of Courtesy
And cheer'd by sunshine of impassion'd look—
Then opes its petals of no vulgar hues.
First published in 1893. See Remorse, Act I, Sc. ii, ll. [81-4] (ante, p. [826]). Compare Osorio, Act. I, ll. [80-3] (ante, p. [522]).
