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WHEN YOU WERE HERE by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

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First Line: WHEN YOU, MY LOVE, WERE HERE
Last Line: WITH PITY, FOR MY SAKE.
WHEN you, my love, were here
My voice was full and loud --
I sang to catch your ear:
Now you are in your shroud
I cannot sing for fear.

That vague world is so near --
Beyond its veil of cloud --
Where you abide, my dear,
If I should sing too loud
Who knows but you would hear?

And then your heart would break
With pity, for my sake.



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