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IN HOSPITAL: 20. VISITOR by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

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First Line: HER LITTLE FACE IS LIKE A WALNUT SHELL
Last Line: STRONG IN A CHEERFUL TRUST THAT NEVER FAILS.
Subject(s): HOSPITALS;
Her little face is like a walnut shell
With wrinkling lines; her soft, white hair adorns
Her withered brows in quaint, straight curls, like horns;
And all about her clings an old, sweet smell.
Prim is her gown and quakerlike her shawl.
Well might her bonnets have been born on her.
Can you conceive a Fairy Godmother
The subject of a strong religious call?
In snow or shine, from bed to bed she runs, Bridegroom's way,
Strong in a cheerful trust that never fails.



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