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Guess, Guess.

By Thomas Moore

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I love a maid, a mystic maid,         Whose form no eyes but mine can see;     She comes in light, she comes in shade,         And beautiful in both is she.     Her shape in dreams I oft behold,         And oft she whispers in my ear     Such words as when to others told,         Awake the sigh, or wring the tear;     Then guess, guess, who she,     The lady of my love, may be.     I find the lustre of her brow,         Come o'er me in my darkest ways;     And feel as if her voice, even now,         Were echoing far off my lays.     There is no scene of joy or woe         But she doth gild with influence bright;     And shed o'er all so rich a glow         As makes even tears seem full of light:     Then guess, guess, who she,     The lady of my love, may be.

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About Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore (1779–1852) was an Irish poet, singer, and songwriter best known for "Irish Melodies" (1808–1834), a collection of songs including "The Last Rose of Summer" and "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms." He was the most popular poet of his era in the British Isles.

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