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LOST LIGHT.
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LOST LIGHT.
MY heart is chilled and my pulse is slow,
But often and often will memory go,
  Like a blind child lost in a waste of snow,
  Back to the days when I loved you so,—
      The beautiful long ago.

I sit here, dreaming them through and through,
The blissful moments I shared with you,—
  The sweet, sweet days when our love was new,
  When I was trustful and you were true,—
      Beautiful days, but few.

Blest or wretched, fettered or free,
Why should I care how your life may be,
  Or whether you wander by land or sea?
  I only know you are dead to me,
      Ever and hopelessly.