Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (18331908). An American Anthology, 17871900. 1900. |
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695. Prescience |
| By Thomas Bailey Aldrich |
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THE NEW moon hung in the sky, | |
The sun was low in the west, | |
And my betrothed and I | |
In the churchyard paused to rest | |
Happy maiden and lover, | 5 |
Dreaming the old dream over: | |
The light winds wandered by, | |
And robins chirped from the nest. | |
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And, lo! in the meadow-sweet | |
Was the grave of a little child, | 10 |
With a crumbling stone at the feet, | |
And the ivy running wild | |
Tangled ivy and clover | |
Folding it over and over: | |
Close to my sweethearts feet | 15 |
Was the little mound up-piled. | |
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Stricken with nameless fears, | |
She shrank and clung to me, | |
And her eyes were filled with tears | |
For a sorrow I did not see: | 20 |
Lightly the winds were blowing, | |
Softly her tears were flowing | |
Tears for the unknown years | |
And a sorrow that was to be! | |
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