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Somewhere or Other
Christina Rossetti

Somewhere or other there must surely be
 The face not seen, the voice not heard,
The heart that not yet - never yet — ah me!
 Made answer to my word.

Somewhere or other, may be near or far;
 Past land and sea, clean out of sight;
Beyond the wandering moon, beyond the star
 That tracks her night by night.

Somewhere or other, may be far or near;
 With just a wall, a hedge, between;
With just the last leaves of the dying year
 Fallen on a turf grown green.

Editor: Jim Bender
Last modified: Monday, August 13th, 2007
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