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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.

— Richard Watson Gilder

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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)

Not from the whole wide world I chose thee—
Sweetheart, light of the land and the sea!
The wide, wide world could not inclose thee,
For thou art the whole wide world to me.

The New Day (1875)

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