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<h2> THE PLEDGE </h2>
<p>O gifts divine as any ever knew<br/>
The noble spirits of an antique time;<br/>
As any poets fashion in their rhyme,<br/>
Or angels whisper down the shadeless blue!<br/>
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The priceless gifts of holy confidence,<br/>
That speak through quivering lips from heart to heart;<br/>
That unto life new energies impart,<br/>
And open up the gates of prescience.<br/>
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O dear my love, I unto thee have given<br/>
Pledge that I am thy vassal evermore;<br/>
I stand within the zenith of my Heaven,<br/>
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On either hand a starred eternal shore<br/>
I have come nearer to thy greater worth,<br/>
For thou hast raised me from the common earth.<br/></p>
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