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Do not; therefore; hold me to Thy will ungrateful:

Soon I shall stand upright; smiling; strong; and brave;

With a son in heaven the sad earth forgetting;

But 'tis lonely yet; Lord; by the little grave。

Oh; 'tis lonely; lonely; by the little grave!



Dora Sigerson Shorter '1862…1918'





DA LEETLA BOY



Da spreeng ees com'; but oh; da joy

Eet ees too late!

He was so cold; my leetla boy;

He no could wait。



I no can count how manny week;

How manny day; dat he ees seeck;

How manny night I seet an' hold

Da leetla hand dat was so cold。

He was so patience; oh; so sweet!

Eet hurts my throat for theenk of eet;

An' all he evra ask ees w'en

Ees gona com' da spreeng agen。

Wan day; wan brighta sunny day;

He see; across da alleyway;

Da leetla girl dat's livin' dere

Ees raise her window for da air;

An' put outside a leetla pot

Of … w'at…you…call? … forgat…me…not。

So smalla flower; so leetla theeng!

But steell eet mak' hees hearta seeng:

〃Oh; now; at las'; ees com' da spreeng!

Da leetla plant ees glad for know

Da sun ees com' for mak' eet grow。

So; too; I am grow warm and strong。〃

So lika dat he seeng hees song。

But; ah! da night com' down an' den

Da weenter ees sneak back agen;

An' een da alley all da night

Ees fall da snow; so cold; so white;

An' cover up da leetla pot

Of … w'at…you…call? … forgat…me…not。

All night da leetla hand I hold

Ees grow so cold; so cold; so cold!



Da spreeng ees com'; but; oh; da joy

Eet ees too late!

He was so cold; my leetla boy;

He no could wait。



Thomas Augustin Daly '1871…





ON THE MOOR



I

I met a child upon the moor

A…wading down the heather;

She put her hand into my own;

We crossed the fields together。



I led her to her father's door …

A cottage midst the clover。

I left her … and the world grew poor

To me; a childless rover。



II

I met a maid upon the moor;

The morrow was her wedding。

Love lit her eyes with lovelier hues

Than the eve…star was shedding。



She looked a sweet good…bye to me;

And o'er the stile went singing。

Down all the lonely night I heard

But bridal bells a…ringing。



III

I met a mother on the moor;

By a new grave a…praying。

The happy swallows in the blue


Upon the winds were playing。



〃Would I were in his grave;〃 I said;

〃And he beside her standing!〃

There was no heart to break if death

For me had made demanding。



Cale Young Rice '1872…





EPITAPH OF DIONYSIA



Here doth Dionysia lie:

She whose little wanton foot;

Tripping (ah; too carelessly!)

Touched this tomb; and fell into 't。



Trip no more shall she; nor fall。

And her trippings were so few!

Summers only eight in all

Had the sweet child wandered through。



But; already; life's few suns

Love's strong seeds had ripened warm。

All her ways were winning ones;

All her cunning was to charm。



And the fancy; in the flower;

While the flesh was in the bud;

Childhood's dawning sex did dower

With warm gusts of womanhood。



Oh what joys by hope begun;

Oh what kisses kissed by thought;

What love…deeds by fancy done;

Death to endless dust hath wrought!



Had the fates been kind as thou;

Who; till now; was never cold;

Once Love's aptest scholar; now

Thou hadst been his teacher bold;



But; if buried seeds upthrow

Fruits and flowers; if flower and fruit

By their nature fitly show

What the seeds are; whence they shoot;



Dionysia; o'er this tomb;

Where thy buried beauties be;

From their dust shall spring and bloom

Loves and graces like to thee。



Unknown





FOR CHARLIE'S SAKE



The night is late; the house is still;

The angels of the hour fulfil

Their tender ministries; and move

From couch to couch in cares of love。

They drop into thy dreams; sweet wife;

The happiest smile of Charlie's life;

And lay on baby's lips a kiss;

Fresh from his angel…brother's bliss;

And; as they pass; they seem to make

A strange; dim hymn; 〃For Charlie's sake。〃



My listening heart takes up the strain;

And gives it to the night again;

Fitted with words of lowly praise;

And patience learned of mournful days;

And memories of the dead child's ways。

His will be done; His will be done!

Who gave and took away my son;

In 〃the far land〃 to shine and sing

Before the Beautiful; the King;

Who every day doth Christmas make;

All starred and belled for Charlie's sake。



For Charlie's sake I will arise;

I will anoint me where he lies;

And change my raiment; and go in

To the Lord's house; and leave my sin

Without; and seat me at his board;

Eat; and be glad; and praise the Lord。

For wherefore should I fast and weep;

And sullen moods of mourning keep?

I cannot bring him back; nor he;

For any calling; come to me。

The bond the angel Death did sign;

God sealed … for Charlie's sake; and mine。



I'm very poor … this slender stone

Marks all the narrow field I own;

Yet; patient husbandman; I till

With faith and prayers; that precious hill;

Sow it with penitential pains;

And; hopeful; wait the latter rains;

Content if; after all; the spot

Yield barely one forget…me…not …

Whether or figs or thistles make

My crop; content for Charlie's sake。



I have no houses; builded well …

Only that little lonesome cell;

Where never romping playmates come;

Nor bashful sweethearts; cunning…dumb …

An April burst of girls and boys;

Their rainbowed cloud of glooms and joys

Born with their songs; gone with their toys;

Nor ever is its stillness stirred

By purr of cat; or chirp of bird;

Or mother's twilight legend; told

Of Horner's pie; or Tiddler's gold;

Or fairy hobbling to the door;

Red…cloaked and weird; banned and poor;

To bless the good child's gracious eyes;

The good child's wistful charities;

And crippled changeling's hunch to make

Dance on his crutch; for good child's sake。



How is it with the child?  'Tis well;

Nor would I any miracle

Might stir my sleeper's tranquil trance;

Or plague his painless countenance:

I would not any seer might place

His staff on my immortal's face;

Or lip to lip; and eye to eye;

Charm back his pale mortality。

No; Shunamite!  I would not break

God's stillness。  Let them weep who wake。



For Charlie's sake my lot is blest:

No comfort like his mother's breast;

No praise like hers; no charm expressed

In fairest forms hath half her zest。

For Charlie's sake this bird's caressed

That death left lonely in the nest;

For Charlie's sake my heart is dressed;

As for its birthday; in its best;

For Charlie's sake we leave the rest

To Him who gave; and who did take;

And saved us twice; for Charlie's sake。



John Williamson Palmer '1825…1906'





〃ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME?〃



Each day; when the glow of sunset

Fades in the western sky;

And the wee ones; tired of playing;

Go tripping lightly by;

I steal away from my husband;

Asleep in his easy…chair;

And watch from the open doorway

Their faces fresh and fair。



Alone in the dear old homestead

That once was full of life;

Ringing with girlish laughter;

Echoing boyish strife;

We two are waiting together;

And oft; as the shadows come;

With tremulous voice he calls me;

〃It is night! are the children home?〃



〃Yes; love!〃 I answer him gently;

〃They're all home long ago;〃 …

And I sing; in my quivering treble;

A song so soft and low;

Till the old man drops to slumber;

With his head upon his hand;

And I tell to myself the number

At home in the better land。



At home; where never a sorrow

Shall dim their eyes with tears!

Where the smile of God is on them

Through all the summer years!

I know; … yet my arms are empty;

That fondly folded seven;

And the mother…heart within me

Is almost starved for heaven。



Sometimes; in the dusk of evening;

I only shut my eyes;

And the children are all about me;

A vision f

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