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[Poems by Woolson in] Five generations (1785-1923)

being scattered chapters from the history of the Cooper, Pomeroy, Woolson and Benedict families, with extracts From their Letters and Journals, as well as articles and poems by Constance Fenimore Woolson

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[Clara—bright, illustrious]
 
 
 


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[Clara—bright, illustrious]

Clara—bright, illustrious;
Benedict—a benediction.
May perpetual light shine on her ...
Yes, hope returneth ever.
It is the coward's part to loiter sad
Among the April trees in leaf buds clad,
Even my dead are living and are glad
In some fair spring!