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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By George ParsonsLathrop

1068 The Sunshine of Thine Eyes

THE SUNSHINE of thine eyes,

(O still, celestial beam!)

Whatever it touches it fills

With the life of its lambent gleam.

The sunshine of thine eyes,

Oh, let it fall on me!

Though I be but a mote of the air,

I could turn to gold for thee.