An infant when it gazes on a light,
A child the moment when it drains the breast,
A devotee when soars the Host in sight,
An Arab with a stranger for a guest,
A sailor when the prize has struck in fight,
A miser filling his most hoarded chest,
Feel rapture; but not such true joy are reaping
As they who watch o'er what they love while sleeping.
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He chortled in his joy.
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He chortled in his joy.
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
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And a balm for every pain,
But the first joys of our heart
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