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A WISH by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: I WISH THEE LENGTH OF DAYS
Last Line: THEN COME AGAIN TO ME!
Subject(s): WISHES;
I WISH thee length of days
Filled full of all that's best --
Long years to earn thy bays,
Then twilight time for rest.

I wish thee love and joy --
Love that is strong and sweet --
Gladness without alloy;
A heart with thine to beat.

And then, when Earth has given
Her best and most to thee,
At last I wish thee Heaven --
Then come again to me!





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