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O white and midnight sky, O starry bath,
Wash me in thy pure, heavenly crystal flood:
Cleanse me, ye stars, from earthly soil and scath—
Let not one taint remain in spirit or blood!

— Richard Watson Gilder Lyrics and Other Poems (1885)

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I am a woman—therefore I may not
Call to him, cry to him,
Fly to him,
Bid him delay not.

Lyrics and Other Poems (1885)

Heaven from the hopeless doubter
The true believer makes:
Against the darkness outer
The light God's likeness takes.

The New Day (1875)

Through love to light! Oh wonderful the way
That leads from darkness to the perfect day!

The New Day (1875)

The Smile of her I love is like the dawn
Whose touch makes Memnon sing:
O, see where wide the golden sunlight flows—
The barren desert blossoms as the rose!

The New Day (1875)

A man not perfect, but of heart
So high, of such heroic rage,
That even his hopes became a part
Of earth's eternal heritage.

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