VII

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of A Dead Rose

The heart doth recognise thee,

Alone, alone! The heart doth smell thee sweet,

Doth view thee fair, doth judge thee most complete—

Though seeing now those changes that disguise thee.

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