. The Briar patch . f not dft-r fn()ii<rh in tlu- covt-^^ Or any birds left on tlie to)) of tliIliat you must still have me for a loxWlio never wisjied you anytliin<i illrWliv do your white feet trouble me?Or is it tlie wind in the boufih of a tree? hill. <^ I watched loni;- where tlie thin mists liov0\ir your trembling sister trees. Till liie morning wind from the west disco\erYour slender body, your rounded knees. Your straight white shoulders have taken me. Though tliey turn again to tiie braneh of a trt When I have forsaken the fern, my brother. And the sturdy wind of the op
. The Briar patch . f not dft-r fn()ii<rh in tlu- covt-^^ Or any birds left on tlie to)) of tliIliat you must still have me for a loxWlio never wisjied you anytliin<i illrWliv do your white feet trouble me?Or is it tlie wind in the boufih of a tree? hill. <^ I watched loni;- where tlie thin mists liov0\ir your trembling sister trees. Till liie morning wind from the west disco\erYour slender body, your rounded knees. Your straight white shoulders have taken me. Though tliey turn again to tiie braneh of a trt When I have forsaken the fern, my brother. And the sturdy wind of the open shall we fasliion with one another. In the shaded grove, as the days go bands of your hair are too strong for thev are onlv the twigs of a tree. When it siiall eome to the soft sjjring we\Vill a soul from your smooth white barl Shall we liave a life in the sun only a little green leaf to hold? \\hy will y(ni never let me be? Breast of a maiden and heart of a tree I ith. told:. ♦ / ♦ ♦ ♦ # The Man in the Dark CHARACTERS Mr. WaldrIOen, wealthy haiikt-r; a man about sixty-five years old. of an Enjj;lisli appearance.:Mrs. Doris WaldrKen, his young wife of thirty-two. very eliie and eharminu;.Mr. Jack Hawtree, a bachelor of forty, in love with Mrs. Worell, a man who, though about thirty-seven, is not what he : Mr. Waldreens home in New York : The Present. [Scene is in the Waldreen (lraicinf/-roovi. This is larfic and spcicions. II openson a wide hall in the back. There is a grand piano fo the rii/ht (as vir^ced liii ), and a lanje open fireplace. To the left is a lar;/r iahle xcith bronzes anda telephone. Ieri/ handsome chairs and divans are placed abont the room, ichichis hunq in velvet. There is a large curtained icindoic to the left. .Is the curtain rises, there is a good fire burning in the grate, the room isunlighted, and there is a massive bronze lamp, lighted, in lite hall. There
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