Poems and sonnets of Louise Chandler Moulton / [by Louise Chandler Moulton] [electronic text]

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Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908

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Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company

1909

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 I kissed his tender eyelids, I laid him on my heart; And yet, when came the dawning, I prayed him to depart.  

 I feared the unknown future, I feared the paths untried,— How dared I keep my darling When Heaven was opened wide?  

 But, ah, my heart is lonely Since Boy and Bird have fled,— I hear the silence only, And wish that I were dead.  