TIME AND ETERNITY
That others could existWhile she must finish quite,A jealousy for her aroseSo nearly infinite.
We waited while she passed;It was a narrow time,Too jostled were our souls to speak,At length the notice came.
She mentioned, and forgot;Then lightly as a reedBent to the water, shivered scarce,Consented, and was dead.
And we, we placed the hair,And drew the head erect;And then an awful leisure was,Our faith to regulate.
XXI
NOT in this world to see his faceSounds long, until I read the placeWhere this is said to beBut just the primer to a lifeUnopened, rare, upon the shelf,Clasped yet to him and me.
And yet, my primer suits me soI would not choose a book to knowThan that, be sweeter wise;
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