Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 · Boston, Houghton, Osgood and company · leaf 240
ng eyes.And mirror back her love for thee !Hereafter thou may st shudder sighsTo meet them when they cannot see.Gaze upon her living eyes ! Press her lips, the while they glow,With love that they have often told !Hereafter thou may st press in woe.And kiss them till thine own are cold.Press her… … Pray for her at eve and morn,That Heaven may long the stroke defer ;For thou may st live the hour forlorn,When thou wilt ask to die with her.Pray for her at eve and morn ! — Tliomas Hood- CHILD LIFE. A COMFORTER. Will she come to me, little Effie ? Will she come in my arms to rest,And nestle her…
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