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had been praised in the Capitol, still it was not a happy night for me that followed; �Nor^when my ^favorite plans were accomplished � But dawn from the bed of perfect health, electric, inhaling sweet breath, When I saw the full moon in the west grow pale and disappear in the morning light, When I wandered alone over the beach, and undressing, bathed, laughing with the waters, and saw the sun rise, |
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And when I thought how my friend, my lover,
was coming, then O^ I was happy; all that day my food nourished me more�And the beautiful day passed well, And the next came with equal joy�And with the next, at evening, came my friend, And that night, while all was still, I heard the waters roll slowly continually up the shores I heard the hissing rustle of the liquid and sands, as directed to me, whispering, to congratulate me,�For the friend I love lay sleeping by my side, In the stillness his face was inclined towards me, while the moon's clear beams shone, And his arm lay lightly over my breast�And that night I was happy. (on this leaf, beneath the paste-over, is an earlier version of the conclusion, with no strikethroughs) And that night O you happy waters, I heard
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