The Poetical Works of George Barlow In Ten [Eleven] Volumes |
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THE WRESTLE FOR A SOUL
I
This I have won by my fightWith the spirits of sorrow and night:
To be followed, ever hereafter,
By a girl's glad sinless laughter.
II
Through my dream I heardHer maidenly new-born word:
Her virginal fresh-wrought speech.
It had power my heart to reach.
III
And now I am well contentThat the veil of life be rent.
For though I pass to the grave
This wonderful soul I save.
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IV
Though I, dead, pass to the night,This blossom henceforth is white.
Though I am forgotten, I give
To her leave to laugh and to live.
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