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1837–1920

CONVENTION.

William Dean Howells

He falters on the threshold, She lingers on the stair: Can it be that was his footstep? Can it be that she is there?

Without is tender yearning, And tender love is within; They can hear each other's heart-beats, But a wooden door is between.

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