READ BY MOONLIGHT
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PAUSED to read a letter of hersBy the moon’s cold shine,Eyeing it in the tenderest way,And edging it up to catch each rayUpon her light-penned line.I did not know what years would flowOf her life’s span and mineEre I read another letter of hersBy the moon’s cold shine! I chance now on the last of hers,By the moon’s cold shine;It is the one remaining pageOut of the many shallow and sageWhereto she set her sign.Who could foresee there were to beSuch letters of pain and pineEre I should read this last of hersBy the moon’s cold shine!
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