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RECORDS OF WOMAN.



Thou'rt journeying to thy spirit's home,
    Where the skies are ever clear;
The corn-month's golden hours will come,
    But they shall not find thee here.

And we shall miss thy voice, my bird!
    Under our whispering pine;
Music shall midst the leaves be heard,
    But not a song like thine.

A breeze that roves o'er stream and hill,
    Telling of winter gone,
Hath such sweet falls—yet caught we still
    A farewell in its tone.

But thou, my bright one! thou shalt be
    Where farewell sounds are o'er;
Thou, in the eyes thou lov'st, shalt see
    No fear of parting more.