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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DO NOT GRIEVE.

 I WOULD not have you mourn too much, When I am lying low,— Your grief would grieve me even then, Should your tears flow.  

 But only plant above my grave One little sprig of rue; Then find yourself a fairer love, But not more true.  

 The summer winds will come and go Above me as I lie; And if I think at all, my dear, As they pass by,  

 I shall remember the old love, With all its bliss and bane,— Though Life nor Death can bring me back The old, sweet pain.  