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thou amidst the fulness of thy days
 * Some little space apart for thoughts of me,
 * Where all the best I have and am may be

Familiar and essential to thy ways; Make thou the hours as shining argosies
 * Emblazoned with the love I bear to thee,
 * And freighted with my spirit's hidden plea—

At once thy inspiration and thy praise.

For he who keeps within his heart a shrine
 * Where tender dreams may gather, makes defencdefence [sic]

Against encroaching tides that undermine
 * The soul's integrity and confidence,

And I would have, in every act of thine,
 * Love's presence conscious to thy deeper sense.