MIMMA BELLA.
Keep not the sunshine from our Minima's grave, Nor screen her memory from the sweet fresh air,; Speak of her still as if she still were here ; Let thought and word around her freely wave. 3ive her back now the little smile' she gave, Nor treat her thought as one too ■ sharp to bear, But as a thing for ever sweet and fair,
That ye would fain from shade and silence save, O ye, who stopped and gazed intc her face, And knew her for the dainty babe she was, Fear not to pain us, uttering her name ; Nor fear to cast the sunlight on th* place Where memory keeps the sweet ;ct thing it has As fresh as on the day on which sh; came. —Eugene Lee Hamilton.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 499, 11 September 1912, Page 7
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131MIMMA BELLA. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 499, 11 September 1912, Page 7
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