"Veil not thy mirror, sweet Amine, Till night shall also veil each star! Thou seest a twofold marvel there: The only face so fair as thine, The only eyes that, near or far, Can gaze on thine without despair."
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James Clarence Mangan
(né James Mangan; Irish: Séamus Ó Mangáin; 1 May 1803 – 20 June 1849), was an Irish poet.
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