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But closer and more dear,

Beyond the meadow and the long, familiar line

Of blackening pine;

When lo! that second smile;—dear heart, it was thine own.

[¹] Copyright, The Century Co.

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“O SILVER RIVER FLOWING TO THE SEA.”[¹]

From “Five Books of Song” (1894).

SILVER river flowing to the sea,