POETRY.
TAKING THE VEIL. A LIFE EPISODE. The veil was taken. And her calm pale face Smiled sadly on me as she said good-bye; No quiver on the lip my gaze could trace, No tear-drop glistened in her young bright eye. ’Twas the black veil. And yet I could not see Upon that radiant face one sign of sorrow. She parted; just as oft she’d said to me, “ I’ll meet you, at the same place, dear, tomorrow.” But now the veil was taken. And she said With just her olden thrill of girlish laughter, ‘1 can’t come out to-morrow ; but instead I’ll meet you here, dear Charlie, the day after. ’ And so the veil was taken. All in vain I’d tried upon her bonnet-top to cock it; So drew it off, to kiss ; ran for the train, • And took the veil—Jane’s veil—home in my pocket. Two hairpins to her chignon fastened it, Which very quickly I had disconnected; On these incontinent I chanced to sit— Then how 1 took the veil I recollected!
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Globe, Volume II, Issue 189, 16 January 1875, Page 3
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173POETRY. Globe, Volume II, Issue 189, 16 January 1875, Page 3
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