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TO MY SECOND SISTER, by                    
First Line: From you I learned the beauty of these things
Last Line: I stand to meet the future, head unbowed.
Subject(s): Sisters


From you I learned the beauty of these things:
The gift of silence on a country lane,
A hush on crowded street, quiet that brings
Rest to the hands, peace to the soul. Again
You taught me freedom with the blessed thought
That loneliness can never harm a heart
Tuned to the soothing song of silence wrought
By stillness of the night. From these apart,
I learned your joy in laughter, strong and brave,
Your trick of turning dullness into gayety,
Of steeling hurt with smiles. And then you gave
The gladness of yourself to comfort me.
Beside the strength that nature so endowed,
I stand to meet the future, head unbowed.





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