Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich / [by Thomas Bailey Aldrich] [electronic text]

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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907

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Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company

1885

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ONE WOMAN.

 THOU listenest to us with unlistening ear; Alike to thee our censure and our praise: Thou hearest voices that we may not hear; Thou livest only in thy yesterdays!   

 We see thee move, erect and pale and brave; Soft words are thine, sweet deeds, and gracious will; Yet thou art dead as any in the grave— Only thy presence lingers with us still.   

 With others, joy and sorrow seem to slip Like light and shade, and laughter kills regret: But thou—the fugitive tremor of thy lip Lays bare thy secret—thou canst not forget!   