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MARY — A REMINISCENCE.(2) - ZaunköniG - 27.12.2010 MARY — A REMINISCENCE She died in June, while yet the woodbine sprays Waved o'er the outlet of this garden-dell ; Before the advent of these Autumn days And dark unblossom'd verdure. As befel, I from my window gazed, yearning to forge Some comfort out of anguish so forlorn ; The dull rain stream'd before the bloomless gorge, By which, erewhile, on each less genial morn, Our Mary pass'd, to gain her shelter'd lawn, ^^^ith Death's disastrous rose upon her cheek. How often had I watch'd her, pale and meek, Pacing the sward ! and now I daily seek The track, by those slow pausing footsteps worn. How faintly worn ! though trodden week by week. And when I seek the chamber where she dwelt, Near one loved chair a well-worn spot I see, Worn by the shifting of a feeble knee While the poor head bow'd lowly—it would melt The worldling's heart with instant sympathy : The match-box and the manual, lying there, Those sad sweet signs of wakefulness and prayer, Are darling tokens of the Past to me ; The little rasping sound of taper lit At midnight, which aroused her slumbering bird : The motion of her languid frame that stirr'd For ease in some new posture—tho' a word Perchance, of sudden anguish, follow'd it ; All this how often had I seen and heard ! |