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"I will not bear that still, cold look—   Rise up, thou fierce and free! Wake as the storm wakes! I will brook    All, save this calm, from thee! Lift brightly up, and proudly,    Once more thy kindling eyes! Hath my word lost its power on earth?    I say to thee, arise!

"Didst thou not know I lov'd thee well?   Thou didst not! and art gone In bitterness of soul, to dwell    Where man must dwell alone. Come back, young fiery spirit!    If but one hour, to learn The secrets of the folded heart,    That seem'd to thee so stern.