 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
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THE STEP ON THE STAIRS.
A step for which I hearkened,
In hours of stormy airs,
Even now when skies are darkened,
Falls lightly on the stairs;
The step of one I cherished
In the unburied past,
Who dying never perished,
And loved me to the last.
In hours of stormy airs,
Even now when skies are darkened,
Falls lightly on the stairs;
The step of one I cherished
In the unburied past,
Who dying never perished,
And loved me to the last.
I hear her softly clamber,
When stars begin to shine;
She comes unto my chamber,
And puts her hand in mine.
Yea, as with feet that flutter,
She gently to me steals;
And what I dare not utter,
She to my heart reveals.
When stars begin to shine;
She comes unto my chamber,
And puts her hand in mine.
Yea, as with feet that flutter,
She gently to me steals;
And what I dare not utter,
She to my heart reveals.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |