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AFTERMATH by EMILY HENRIETTA HICKEY

First Line: TO THE FIELDS WHERE THOU HADST MOWN IN SUMMERTIDE
Last Line: IF HER FEET HAVE HALLOWED FOR AN AFTERMATH?
Subject(s): CATHOLICS; GARDENS & GARDENING; HEAVEN; SPRING; ROMAN CATHOLICS; CATHOLICISM; PARADISE;

TO the fields where thou hadst mown in summertide
Came a Lady most exceeding fair to see;
And she looked upon the brown fields lying wide;
And she smiled upon thy fields and smiled on thee.

Oh, that smile it was the springlight come again,
Springlight fair as on the heart of Eden laid:
And the patter sounded as of early rain,
And the sunshine blessed each little stalk and blade.

Must not autumn meadows once again be green,
In a warmth and light as dear as summer hath,
If the Queen of Christendom have walked therein,
If her feet have hallowed for an aftermath?



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