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Rh By all the laws of love and gratefulness, The service of the one so saved was due All to the saver—adding, with a smile, The first for many weeks—a semi-smile As at a strong conclusion—'body and soul And life and limbs, all his to work his will.' Then Julian made a secret sign to me To bring Camilla down before them all. I And crossing her own picture as she came, And looking as much lovelier as herself Is lovelier than all others—on her head A diamond circlet, and from under this A veil, that seemed no more than gilded air, Flying by each fine ear, an Eastern gauze With seeds of gold—so, with that grace of hers, Slow-moving as a wave against the wind, That flings a mist behind it in the sun—