. The lays of a lawyer . AUTUMN DAYS HE leaveshave strewn^ the rustUngways,The birdsare strangelystill; (^ u^The millnd in these autumn days Isfbleak ancFsroicffiifc chill. i^d hopes which sitiiled through summer haze Are dead and gone these autumn days. 40. A VALENTINE February 14, 1888, HAVE to force my pen to write,It seems unmaidenly to sue, Nor does the year excuse it—quite;But then, you see, I write to you. We women, like the ghosts of old,Should only speak when spoken to And some will think me all too boldThis rigid rule to break—do you ? I care not,—caution to the wind! However this le

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. The lays of a lawyer . AUTUMN DAYS HE leaveshave strewn^ the rustUngways,The birdsare strangelystill; (^ u^The millnd in these autumn days Isfbleak ancFsroicffiifc chill. i^d hopes which sitiiled through summer haze Are dead and gone these autumn days. 40. A VALENTINE February 14, 1888, HAVE to force my pen to write,It seems unmaidenly to sue, Nor does the year excuse it—quite;But then, you see, I write to you. We women, like the ghosts of old,Should only speak when spoken to And some will think me all too boldThis rigid rule to break—do you ? I care not,—caution to the wind! However this letter I may heart shall still its comfort find In having spoken once to you; And so forgive me if you deemWhat I have done is wrong to do, And just in pity let me dreamThat I am Valentine to you. 41

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