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Ina.
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Peace with the Shadows! Peace to all
Who work and weep, who pray and wait;
Till we and thou are one with Fate,
And on us too, the Night shall fall!
Who work and weep, who pray and wait;
Till we and thou are one with Fate,
And on us too, the Night shall fall!
CXVIII.
Ina.
I know where a wee rose blooms,
In a garden so fair and wide—
The only wee rose ’mong stately buds,
And none in the world beside;
How could there be more than one fair queen,
When only one heart have I?
How could there be more than one wee rose,
When there’s only one sun in the sky?
In a garden so fair and wide—
The only wee rose ’mong stately buds,
And none in the world beside;
How could there be more than one fair queen,
When only one heart have I?
How could there be more than one wee rose,
When there’s only one sun in the sky?
The soul of my rose lay hid
In the blushes—right under the folds
Of the leaves; in the beautiful blushes
That were gold, and the truest of golds.
Ah! never a man save I
Found the soul that lay hid in the folds—
In the gold that was fairest of golds,
And bright as the sun in the sky.
In the blushes—right under the folds
Of the leaves; in the beautiful blushes
That were gold, and the truest of golds.
Ah! never a man save I
Found the soul that lay hid in the folds—
In the gold that was fairest of golds,
And bright as the sun in the sky.
The winds may beat on the river,
I only look up to the sky;
The hearts that are pierced may shiver—
May shiver, and pine, and die,
I only look up to the sky;
The hearts that are pierced may shiver—
May shiver, and pine, and die,