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I Heard You, Solemn-Sweet Pipes of the Organ

I HEARD YOU, SOLEMN-SWEET PIPES OF THE ORGAN.

I HEARD you, solemn-sweet pipes of the organ, as last  
 Sunday morn I pass'd the church;
Winds of autumn!—as I walk'd the woods at dusk, I  
 heard your long-stretch'd sighs, up above, so  
 mournful;
I heard the perfect Italian tenor, singing at the opera—I  
 heard the soprano in the midst of the quartet singing;
…Heart of my love!—you too I heard, murmuring low,  
 through one of the wrists around my head;
Heard the pulse of you, when all was still, ringing little  
 bells last night under my ear.
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