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AGAIN.
“AFTER MANY DAYS.”
Darlings of the forest,
Now ye come again,
Where my heart is sorest
Waking all its pain,
Till every tender bud is wet with tears like rain.
Now ye come again,
Where my heart is sorest
Waking all its pain,
Till every tender bud is wet with tears like rain.
In your patient fashion,
Lonely and most fair,
Speak to mortal passion,
Quiet its despair
With odors floating up like some sweet childish prayer.
Lonely and most fair,
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Quiet its despair
With odors floating up like some sweet childish prayer.
Not one rosy blossom,
Not one sheltering leaf,
But within my bosom
Wakes a thought of grief:
So blest ye knew me once; that blessing was so brief.
Not one sheltering leaf,
But within my bosom
Wakes a thought of grief:
So blest ye knew me once; that blessing was so brief.
Not to-day's dear treasure
In my new life set
Fills my heart's full measure
So that I forget
All that lost life of old, or dulls my keen regret.
In my new life set
Fills my heart's full measure
So that I forget
All that lost life of old, or dulls my keen regret.
Clusters without number
Lie about my feet,
Smiling in their slumber
Innocent and sweet,
As if no tears were yours, no blessings bright and fleet.
Lie about my feet,
Smiling in their slumber
Innocent and sweet,
As if no tears were yours, no blessings bright and fleet.
So while I must sorrow,
Yet your baby smile,
Careless of to-morrow,
Shall that grief beguile,
And teach me earth's sad hope—we last so little while!
Yet your baby smile,
Careless of to-morrow,
Shall that grief beguile,
And teach me earth's sad hope—we last so little while!
Spring so soon is over,
Sunshine, snow, and rain,
I, your long-time lover,
When ye come again
Perhaps may bloom like you, beyond all mortal pain.
Sunshine, snow, and rain,
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When ye come again
Perhaps may bloom like you, beyond all mortal pain.
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