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Convention

"Convention." Saturday Press. 25 Jun. 1860: 3.
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Type: 
magazine
Genre: 
poetry
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He faltered on the threshold,
She lingered upon the stair:
Can it be that was his footstep?
Can it be that she is there?

Without is tender yearning,
And tender love is within;
They can hear each other's heart-beats--
But a wooden door is between.