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 I AM LIKE ONE THAT HAS SAT ALONE—1871

The influence of Heine—an influence we have previously had occasion to comment upon—is again evident in these verses written at Swanston, where the poet likens the rearising of hopeful life after a period of dejection to a glorious sunset after a day of storm and gloom.

I AM LIKE ONE THAT HAS SAT ALONE

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