HOW LONG?
If on my grave the summer grass were growing. Or heedless winter.winds across it blowing, Through joyous' June, or'desolatd December," How long,' sweetheart, how long, would, you remember—. .• . ' ( ; • How, long, dear love, how.long? For brightest eyes would open to the summer, And sweetest smiles.: would . greet . the sweet new-comer, . And on young lips.grow kisses for the taking, When a*ll : the summer buds, to bloom' are breakiifg— ■' How long; dear love,' how long? ' To the dim' land' where sad-eyed : ghosts' walk only- ! . Where -lips are cold, and waiting hearts are •lonely, •- I.would not call you from your youth's warm :: blisses, ' \ .■ <■ .' . • Pill up'your glass .and crown it with now kissesllow long, dear love, how. long? Too gay in' June'you might be to'regret me, Arid living lips might woo yon' to forget 'me; But.'ah, sweetheart, I think''you would remember' ' When winds were weary in your life's Decem- ; ber— '. • ' So long,'dear love, so'long.-'■ -• / , —Louise Chandler Moulton.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 320, 6 October 1908, Page 3
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154HOW LONG? Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 320, 6 October 1908, Page 3
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