AFTERWARDS.

AFTERWARDS.

Her life was touched with early frost,About the April of her day,Her hold on earth was lightly lost,And like a leaf she went away.Her soul was chartered for great deeds,For gentle war unwonted here:Her spirit sought her clearer needs,An Empyrean atmosphere.At hush of eve we hear her stillSay with her clear, her perfect smile,And with her silver-throated thrill:“A little while—a little while.”

Her life was touched with early frost,About the April of her day,Her hold on earth was lightly lost,And like a leaf she went away.Her soul was chartered for great deeds,For gentle war unwonted here:Her spirit sought her clearer needs,An Empyrean atmosphere.At hush of eve we hear her stillSay with her clear, her perfect smile,And with her silver-throated thrill:“A little while—a little while.”

Her life was touched with early frost,About the April of her day,Her hold on earth was lightly lost,And like a leaf she went away.

Her life was touched with early frost,

About the April of her day,

Her hold on earth was lightly lost,

And like a leaf she went away.

Her soul was chartered for great deeds,For gentle war unwonted here:Her spirit sought her clearer needs,An Empyrean atmosphere.

Her soul was chartered for great deeds,

For gentle war unwonted here:

Her spirit sought her clearer needs,

An Empyrean atmosphere.

At hush of eve we hear her stillSay with her clear, her perfect smile,And with her silver-throated thrill:“A little while—a little while.”

At hush of eve we hear her still

Say with her clear, her perfect smile,

And with her silver-throated thrill:

“A little while—a little while.”


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