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Thomas Moore - Take Back the Virgin Page
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Written on Returning a Blank Book


Take back the virgin page, 
   White and unwritten still; 
Some hand, more calm and sage, 
   The leaf must fill. 
Thoughts come, as pure as light 
   Pure as even you require; 
But, oh! each word I write 
   Love turns to fire. 

Yet let me keep the book: 
   Oft shall my heart renew, 
When on its leaves I look, 
   Dear thoughts of you. 
Like you, `tis fair and bright; 
   Like you, too bright and fair 
To let wild passion write 
   One wrong wish there. 

Haply, when from those eyes 
   Far, far away I roam, 
Should calmer thoughts arise 
   Towards you and home; 
Fancy may trace some line, 
   Worthy those eyes to meet, 
Thoughts that not burn, but shine, 
   Pure, calm, and sweet. 

And as, o`er ocean far, 
   Seamen their records keep, 
Led by some hidden star 
   Through the cold deep; 
So may the words I write 
   Tell through what storms I stray — 
You still the unseen light, 
   Guiding my way.
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