Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.
WayfarersEllen Sturgis Hooper (18121848)
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One glance on each, one gleam from out each eye,
And that I never looked upon till now,
Has vanished out of sight as instantly.
The only key it gave that transient look;
But for this key its great event in time
Of peace or strife to me a sealèd book.