"Not from the whole wide world I chose thee— Sweetheart, light of the land and the sea! The wide, wide world could not inclose thee, For thou art the whole wide world to me."

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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 IV. IV: "Song (Not from the Whole Wide World)", line 1; p. 86.

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Part IV. IV: "Song (Not from the Whole Wide World)", line 1; p. 86.