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**Elias Hawthorne’s Voice**
I watched her first with gentle eyes,
A governess with quiet ties.
Her life, so simple, neat, and small,
Yet in her heart, I felt a call.
Her grace, her smile, they beckoned me,
A mystery I longed to see.
At first, I hid, I followed near,
A shadow lost in quiet fear.
But soon, that fear gave way to need,
A hunger planted like a seed.
Throug...
