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    "text": "I think of thee when golden sunbeams glimmer",
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   {
    "text": "Across the sea;",
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    "text": "And when the waves reflect the moon’s pale shimmer",
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    "text": "I think of thee.",
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    "text": "I see thy form when down the distant highway",
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   {
    "text": "The dust-clouds rise;",
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    "text": "In darkest night, above the mountain by-way",
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    "text": "I see thine eyes.",
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    "text": "I hear thee when the ocean-tides returning",
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    "text": "Aloud rejoice;",
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    "text": "And on the lonely moor in silence yearning",
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    "text": "I hear thy voice.",
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    "text": "I dwell with thee; though thou art far removed,",
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   {
    "text": "Yet thou art near.",
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   {
    "text": "The sun goes down, the stars shine out⁠—Beloved",
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    "text": "If thou wert here!",
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