MY NAMESAKE.
FROM silvery clouds the silvery showers
Fell o'er the earth;
Stole softly forth the faint, sweet flowers
Of April birth.
Fell o'er the earth;
Stole softly forth the faint, sweet flowers
Of April birth.
An April babe my namesake came
One April day;
Just claimed on earth her place, her name,
And fled away.
One April day;
Just claimed on earth her place, her name,
And fled away.
A few soft sighings of the breath
And it was spent;
Too frail for life, too sweet for death,
She came and went.
And it was spent;
Too frail for life, too sweet for death,
She came and went.
So brief a stay, so swift a flight,
Could scarce be felt;
Thus snowflakes falling light as light
Touch earth and melt.
Could scarce be felt;
Thus snowflakes falling light as light
Touch earth and melt.
If verily she hath been here
We hardly know;
The frailest blossoms of the year
Her days outgrow.
We hardly know;
The frailest blossoms of the year
Her days outgrow.
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