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AUGUST 21.

In  vain  do  I  stretch  out  my  arms  toward  her  when  I  awaken  in  the  morning

from  my  weary  slumbers.  In  vain  do  I  seek  for  her  at  night  in  my  bed,  when

some  innocent  dream  has  happily  deceived  me,  and  placed  her  near  me  in  the

fields,  when  I  have  seized  her  hand  and  covered  it  with  countless  kisses.  And

when I feel for her in the half confusion of sleep, with the happy sense that she is

near, tears flow from my oppressed heart; and, bereft of all comfort, I weep over

my future woes.