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1850–1894

KATHARINE

Robert Louis Stevenson

We see you as we see a face That trembles in a forest place Upon the mirror of a pool For ever quiet, clear, and cool;

And, in the wayward glass, appears To hover between smiles and tears, Elfin and human, airy and true, And backed by the reflected blue.

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