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There has fallen a splendid tear ::From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear; ::She is coming, my life, my fate; The red rose cries, "She is near, she is near; " ::And the white rose weeps, "She is late; " The larkspur listens, "I hear; I hear; " ::And the lily whispers, "I wait."
There has fallen a splendid tear ::From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear; ::She is coming, my life, my fate; The red rose cries, "She is near, she is near; " ::And the white rose weeps, "She is late; " The larkspur listens, "I hear; I hear; " ::And the lily whispers, "I wait."
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 482 · quotation 17 · Tennyson · Maud. Pt. XXII. St. 10.
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