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1867–1935

MISTRUST

George William Russell

You look at me with wan, bright eyes When in the deeper world I stray: You fear some hidden ambush lies In wait to call me, “Come away.”

What if I see behind the veil Your starry self beseeching me, Or at its stern command grow pale, “Let her be free, let her be free?”

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