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smiles�察�but never sings�察�Long since he lost his shining wings。
With thankful�察 �true content�察 �I know This is the better way�察 �Is not a
faithful spirit mine ´ Mine stillat close of day�拭 � 。 。 Yet will my foolish
heart repine For that bright morning dream of mine。
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VERSE�此 �OUR DEAD
Nothing is our own�此 �we hold our pleasures Just a little while�察 �ere
they are fled�此�One by one life robs us of our treasures�察�Nothing is our own
except our Dead。
They are ours�察�and hold in faithful keeping Safe for ever�察�all they took
away。 Cruel life can never stir that sleeping�察 �Cruel time can never seize
that prey。
Justice pales�察�truth fades�察�stars fall from Heaven�察�Human are the great
whom we revere�此�No true crown of honour can be given�察�Till we place it
on a funeral bier。
How the Children leave us�此 �and no traces Linger of that smiling
angel band�察 �Gone�察 �for ever gone�察 �and in their places�察 �Weary men and
anxious women stand。
Yet we have some little ones�察�still ours�察�They have kept the baby smile
we know�察�Which we kissed one day and hid with flowers�察�On their dead
white faces�察�long ago。
When our Joy is lostand life will take it ´ Then no memory of the
past remains�察 �Save with some strange�察 �cruel sting�察 �to make it Bitterness
beyond all present pains。
Death�察�more tender´hearted�察�leaves to sorrow Still the radiant shadow�察�
fond regret�此�We shall find�察�in some far�察�bright to´morrow�察�Joy that he has
taken�察�living yet。
Is Love ours�察�and do we dream we know it�察�Bound with all our heart´
strings�察 �all our own�拭�Any cold and cruel dawn may show it�察 �Shattered�察�
desecrated�察�overthrown。
Only the dead Hearts forsake us never�察�Death's last kiss has been the
mystic sign Consecrating Love our own for ever�察�Crowning it eternal and
divine。
So when Fate would fain besiege our city�察�Dim our gold�察�or make our
flowers fall�察 �Death the Angel�察 �comes in love and pity�察�And to save our
treasures�察�claims them all。
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VERSE�此 �A WOMAN'S ANSWER
I will not let you say a Woman's part Must be to give exclusive love
alone�察 �Dearest�察 �although I love you so�察 �my heart Answers a thousand
claims beside your own。
I lovewhat do I not love�拭�earth and air Find space within my heart�察�
and myriad things You would not deign to heed�察�are cherished there�察�And
vibrate on its very inmost strings。
I love the summer with her ebb and flow Of light�察�and warmth�察 �and
music that have nurst Her tender buds to blossoms 。 。 。 and you know It
was in summer that I saw you first。
I love the winter dearly too�察 � 。 。 but then I owe it so much�察 �on a
winter's day�察�Bleak�察�cold�察�and stormy�察�you returned again�察�When you had
been those weary months away。
I love the Stars like friends�察�so many nights I gazed at them�察�when you
were far from me�察 �Till I grew blind with tears 。 。 。 those far´off lights
Could watch you�察�whom I longed in vain to see。
I love the Flowers�察�happy hours lie Shut up within their petals close
and fast�此�You have forgotten�察�dear�此 �but they and I Keep every fragment
of the golden Past。
I love�察�too�察�to be loved�察�all loving praise Seems like a crown upon my
Life��to make It better worth the giving�察�and to raise Still nearer to your
own the heart you take。
I love all good and noble souls��I heard One speak of you but lately�察�
and for days Only to think of it�察�my soul was stirred In tender memory of
such generous praise。
I love all those who love you�察�all who owe Comfort to you�此 �and I can
find regret Even for those poorer hearts who once could know�察�And once
could love you�察�and can now forget。
Well�察�is my heart so narrowI�察�who spare Love for all these�拭 �Do I
not even hold My favourite books in special tender care�察�And prize them
as a miser does his gold�拭�
The Poets that you used to read to me While summer twilights faded in
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the sky�察�But most of all I think Aurora Leigh�察�Becausebecausedo you
remember why�拭�
Will you be jealous�拭 �Did you guess before I loved so many things�拭�
Still you the best�此� Dearest�察�remember that I love you more�察�Oh�察�more a
thousand times than all the rest� �
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VERSE�此 �THE STORY OF THE
FAITHFUL SOUL
FOUNDED ON AN OLD FRENCH LEGEND
The fettered Spirits linger In purgatorial pain�察�With penal fires effacing
Their last faint earthly stain�察�Which Life's imperfect sorrow Had tried to
cleanse in vain。
Yet on each feast of Mary Their sorrow finds release�察 �For the Great
Archangel Michael Comes down and bids it cease�察�And the name of these
brief respites Is called ;Our Lady's Peace。;
Yet onceso runs the Legend ´ When the Archangel came And all
these holy spirits Rejoiced at Mary's name�察�One voice alone was wailing�察�
Still wailing on the same。
And though a great Te Deum The happy echoes woke�察 �This one
discordant wailing Through the sweet voices broke�察�So when St。 Michael
questioned�察�Thus the poor spirit spoke�此�
;I am not cold or thankless�察 �Although I still complain�察 �I prize our
Lady's blessing Although it comes in vain To still my bitter anguish�察�Or
quench my ceaseless pain。
;On earth a heart that loved me�察�Still lives and mourns me there�察�And
the shadow of his anguish Is more than I can bear�察�All the torment that I
suffer Is the thought of his despair。
;The evening of my bridal Death took my Life away�察�Not all Love's
passionate pleading Could gain an hour's delay。 And he I left has suffered
A whole year since that day。
;If I could only see him�察 � If I could only go And speak one word of
comfort And solace��then�察 �I know He would endure with patience�察�And
strive against his woe。;
Thus the Archangel answered�此� ;Your time of pain is brief�察�And soon
the peace of Heaven Will give you full relief�察�Yet if his earthly comfort So
much outweighs your grief�察�
;Then�察�through a special mercy I offer you this grace�察 � You may seek
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him who mourns you And look upon his face�察 �And speak to him of
comfort For one short minute's space。
;But when that time is ended�察 �Return here�察 �and remain A thousand
years in torment�察�A thousand years in pain�此�Thus dearly must you purchase
The comfort he will gain。;
* * *
The Lime´trees' shade at evening Is spreading broad and wide�察�
Beneath their fragrant arches�察�Pace slowly�察�side by side�察�In low and tender
converse�察�A Bridegroom and his Bride。
The night is calm and stilly�察 �No other sound is there Except their
happy voices�此�What is that cold bleak air That passes through the Lime´
trees And stirs the Bridegroom's hair�拭�
While one low cry of anguish�察�Like the last dying wail Of some dumb�察�
hunted creature�察 �Is borne upon the gale�此� Why does the Bridegroom
shudder And turn so deathly pale�拭�
* * *
Near Purgatory's entrance The radiant Angels wait�察�It was the great St。
Michael Who closed that gloomy gate�察 �When the poor wandering spirit
Came back to meet her fate。
* * *
;Pass on�察─�thus spoke the Angel�此�Heaven's joy is deep and vast�察�Pass
on�察�pass on�察�poor Spirit�察�For Heaven is yours at last�察�In that one minute's
anguish Your thousand years have passed。;
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VERSE�此 �A CONTRAST
Can you open that ebony Casket�拭 �Look�察 �this is the key�此�but stay�察�
Those are only a few old letters Which I keep��to burn some day。
Yes�察�that Locket is quaint and ancient�察�But leave it�察�dear�察�with the ring�察�
And give me the little Portrait Which hangs by a crimson string。
I have never opened that Casket Since�察�many long years ago�察�It was
sent me back in anger By one whom I used to know。
But I want you to see the Portrait�此�I wonder if you can trace A look of
that smiling creature Left now in my faded face。
It was like me once�察 �but remember The weary relentless years�察�And
Life�察�with its fierce�察�brief Tempests�察�And its long�察�long rain of tears。
Is it strange to call it my Portrait�拭�Nay�察�smile�察�dear�察�for well you may�察�
To think of that radiant Vision And of what I am to´day。
With restless�察�yet confident longing How those blue eyes seem to gaze
Into deep and exhaustless Treasures�察�All hid in the coming days。
With that trust which leans on the Future�察�And counts on her promised
store�察�Until she has taught us to tremble And hope��but to trust no more。
How that young�察�light heart w
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