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The Collected Works of William Morris

With Introductions by his Daughter May Morris

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A little while they stood thus, with new ruth
Gathering in either's heart for either's pain,
And fear of days yet to be passed in vain,
And wonder at the death they knew so nigh
And disbelief in parting, should they die,
And joy that still they stood together thus.
Then, in a voice that love made piteous
Through common words and few, she spake and said: