Not from the whole wide world I chose thee— Sweetheart, lig… - Richard Watson Gilder

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Not from the whole wide world I chose thee—
Sweetheart, light of the land and the sea!
The wide, wide world could not inclose thee, For thou art the whole wide world to me.

Richard Watson Gilder

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Richard Watson Gilder (February 8, 1844 – November 19, 1909) was an American poet and editor.

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