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Once I Pass'd Through a Populous City.

Part of the cluster CHILDREN OF ADAM.

ONCE I PASS'D THROUGH A POPULOUS CITY.

ONCE I pass'd through a populous city imprinting my brain for  
 future use with its shows, architecture, customs, traditions,
Yet now of all that city I remember only a woman I casually met  
 there who detain'd me for love of me,
Day by day and night by night we were together—all else has  
 long been forgotten by me,
I remember I say only that woman who passionately clung to me, Again we wander, we love, we separate again, Again she holds me by the hand, I must not go, I see her close beside me with silent lips sad and tremulous.

Part of the cluster CHILDREN OF ADAM.

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