"The Smile of her I love is like the dawn Whose touch makes Memnon sing: O, see where wide the golden sunlight flows— The barren desert blossoms as the rose!"

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Poets from the United StatesEditors from the United States19th-century poets from the United StatesJournalists from New Jersey
Original Language: English

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Part III. XXIV: "The Smile of Her I Love", line 1; p. 69.

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Part III. XXIV: "The Smile of Her I Love", line 1; p. 69.