. The lays of a lawyer . MANS LOVE HE sun rode low in the western sky,The song of the birds grew stillAs he and she came strolling byThrough the lane which led bythe mill; Have you heard ? Im engaged to Harry,said she. While a bright smile dimpled her never a single word said he. Though he seemed about to speak. But bending low he kissed her hand As he stifled a sob unheard,And he left next day for a foreign strand. Where he died and was interred— That is, in the course of some twenty years, In which, as it will had cause for laughter and cause for tears. And two good wives
. The lays of a lawyer . MANS LOVE HE sun rode low in the western sky,The song of the birds grew stillAs he and she came strolling byThrough the lane which led bythe mill; Have you heard ? Im engaged to Harry,said she. While a bright smile dimpled her never a single word said he. Though he seemed about to speak. But bending low he kissed her hand As he stifled a sob unheard,And he left next day for a foreign strand. Where he died and was interred— That is, in the course of some twenty years, In which, as it will had cause for laughter and cause for tears. And two good wives in all. 70. A REMINISCENCE N old barn full of darkness,hay,And bugs, and slugs, andother thingsThat rustle in an eerie way—A bats half seen and noiseless wings—The barn door open to the sky, Whence shines the evening twilightthrough—A hay mow that is not too highTo reach with lazy ease, and—you. 71
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