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To --- [Is It A Sin To Wish That I May Meet Thee]

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Title:     To --- [Is It A Sin To Wish That I May Meet Thee]
Author: Fanny Kemble [More Titles by Kemble]

Is it a sin to wish that I may meet thee
In that dim world whither our spirits stray,
When sleep and darkness follow life and day?
Is it a sin, that there my voice should greet thee
With all that love that I must die concealing?
Will my tear-laden eyes sin in revealing
The agony that preys upon my soul?
Is't not enough through the long, loathsome day,
To hold each look, and word, in stern control?
May I not wish the staring sunlight gone,
Day and its thousand torturing moments done,
And prying sights and sounds of men away?
Oh, still and silent Night! when all things sleep,
Locked in thy swarthy breast my secret keep:
Come, with thy vision'd hopes and blessings now!
I dream the only happiness I know.





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Fanny Kemble's poem: To --- [Is It A Sin To Wish That I May Meet Thee]

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