VERSES NEW AND OLD.
■ ■ ■' 1 "■■■ 1 ■ ■ ' , 0 Aoros9 my path ashadow lios— | ■" . . c The shadow of a littlo child, c ; '(Oh "stumbUng feet-and ■shining byes 1)( ' • ( Ohytiny'gi'aTo with icd souiypilsd.. ' , : ' : -:-;-"y ' , ' k iyUnto -my arms,.no moro she'll oteop, c - No more' into' uiy 'eyes she'll gazo, ■' l They wonder, why I crouch and wo«p . 1 . While all' the world in sunlight plays. ; ri . ; ; I loathe;the night!,; Bnt .when its I®*® ■' I have my hour. X climb the stair :• And seek. the : conch where oft we sat«, . j And lay my :load ot sorrow there.. j The blind is drawn, no moonlight prys, 1 . • J . No voices,jar, or faces stare; ,> : ' Aoross my path ho shadow.' lies-^' ;. . . I'Just ,God, .and &o;.ahd.r ure. there, , . . Across %y. path 'a shadow lies— yV- ; A.cry,within my.heart-rings wild ! (Oh stumbling feet Mid;shining eyosty— ' Tho shadow.oi-a littlo.-child... ... j —Dorothy Jl'Crae, in "Lyrics in Leisure." <
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 526, 5 June 1909, Page 9
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146VERSES NEW AND OLD. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 526, 5 June 1909, Page 9
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