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Poems by Cecil Frances Alexander

Edited, with a preface, by William Alexander
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IN THE DISTANCE.

In the distance, O my lady,
Little lady turn'd of three!
Will the woodland seem as shady?
Will the sunshine seem as free?

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Will the primrose buds come peeping
Quite as bright beneath the tree?
And the brook sing in its leaping
As they do for you and me?
O my darling, O my daisy,
In the days that are to be,
In the distance dim and hazy
With its lights far out at sea;
When you're tall and fair and stately,
Will you ever care for me?
Will you prize my coming greatly
As you did when you were three?