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

By Martha GilbertDickinson

1570 Heaven

ONLY to find Forever, blest

By thine encircling arm;

Only to lie beyond unrest

In passion’s dreamy calm!

Only to meet and never part,

To sleep and never wake,—

Heart unto heart and soul to soul,

Dead for each other’s sake.