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THE REASON by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER

First Line: SOMETHING HAS CHANGED HIM; YESTERDAY
Last Line: HIS WIFE IS COMING HOME TO-DAY!
Subject(s): LOVE - MARITAL; RELATIONSHIPS; WEDDED LOVE; MARRIAGE - LOVE;

SOMETHING has changed him; yesterday
He passed me frowning, scarcely bowed,
And almost looked the other way,
A careless stranger in the crowd.

But now? What grasp of cordial hand!
What cheery laugh, what genial tone!
'Mid eddying throngs we pause and stand
As if Broadway were ours alone.

Dear fellow! One word tells the tale;
'Tis not the world of yesterday;
His heart gives every comrade hail;
His wife is coming home to-day!



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