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February 17th, 1884.
“It was not, to restore thy flickering breath,
Or hold thee back, just nearing towards the Light,
But—whilst that Sun of Life, whom we name Death,
Rose on thy closing, or thy opening sight—
To catch some whisper of thy new delight,
Some earnest of thy fainting soul's surprise,
And see the radiance quickening through the veil
Of palsied speech and leaden-lidded eyes,—
That we, bright Spirit! who stood and watched thee fail
And sink, and pass through gloom and utter night,
One instant, and no more, would fain have stayed thy flight!”
W.J.S.
Or hold thee back, just nearing towards the Light,
But—whilst that Sun of Life, whom we name Death,
Rose on thy closing, or thy opening sight—
To catch some whisper of thy new delight,
Some earnest of thy fainting soul's surprise,
And see the radiance quickening through the veil
Of palsied speech and leaden-lidded eyes,—
That we, bright Spirit! who stood and watched thee fail
And sink, and pass through gloom and utter night,
One instant, and no more, would fain have stayed thy flight!”
W.J.S.
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