...smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. You have been mine before, How long ago I do not know; But just when, at that swallow's soar, Your...turned so, Some veil did fall, I knew it all of yore. Before may be again : Oh ! press my eyes into yonr neck. Shall wo not be forever lain Thus for Love's...

...the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. 44 You have been mine before, — How long ago I may...so, Some veil did fall, — I knew it all of yore." And here is this poetry of the nerves still more skilfully caught : — " This is her picture as she...

...smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. You have been mine before, How long ago I do not know: But just when, at that swallow's soar, Your...turned so, Some veil did fall, I knew it all of yore. Before may be again: Oh! press my eyes into your neck. Shall we not be for ever lain Thus for Love's...

...tell : I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet, keen sme'.l. The sighing sound, the llghtc iround the shore. " You have been mine before, — How long...ago I may not know ; But just when at that swallow's eoar Your neck turned so, Some veil did fall, — I knew it all of yore. " Then, now, — perchance...

...heart, Yet held us tenderly apart ; She said—" Auf Wiedersehen ! " JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. SUDDEN LIGHT. §HAVE been here before, But when or how I cannot...so, Some veil did fall, — I knew it all of yore. Has this been thus before ? And shall not thus time's eddying flight Still with our lives our love...

...said—" Auf Wiedersehm I " JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. XVII. SUDDEN LIGHT. Gj'g HAVE been here before, *\ Po But when or how I cannot tell : I know the grass beyond...so, Some veil did fall, — I knew it all of yore. Has this been thus before ? And shall not thus time's eddying flight Still with our lives our love...

...said—"Auf Wiedersehen!" JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. XVII. SUDDEN LIGHT. CTg HAVE been here before, 6j ro But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond...swallow's soar Your neck turned so, Some veil did fall,—I knew it all of yore. Has this been thus before ? And shall not thus time's eddying flight...

...bright breast-jewel, so my bride, One sweet night, when fear takes flight, Shall leap against my side. SUDDEN LIGHT. I HAVE been here before, But when or...swallow's soar Your neck turned so, Some veil did fall,—I knew it all of yore. Has this been thus before ? And shall not thus time's eddying flight...

...knowledge, seen hitherto either place or countenance, or experienced exactly the same environment. " I have been here before, But when or how I cannot...so, Some veil did fall, — I knew it all of yore. " Has this been thus before ? And shall not thus Time's eddying flight Still with our lives our love...

...borrowed." Rossetti expresses the idea beautifully in one of the sonnets of the " House of Life" : " I have been here before, But when or how I cannot...so, Some veil did fall,— I knew it all of yore." Walter Scott, too, spoke of it as the " sentiment of preexistence "; and owing to the natural tendency...