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“Love, if I weep it will not matter, And if you laugh I shall not care; Foolish am I to think about it, But it is good to feel you there. Love, in my sleep I dreamed of waking,- White and awful the moonlight reached Over the floor, and somewhere, somewhere, There was a shutter loose,-it screeched! Swung in the wind,-and no wind blowing!- I was afraid, and turned to you, Put out my hand to you for comfort,- And you were gone! Cold, cold as dew, Under my hand the moonlight lay! Love, if you laugh I shall not care, But if I weep it will not matter,- Ah, it is good to feel you there!
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
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