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BEAUTIFUL SAD DAY, by                    
First Line: You had been dead two nights, and I was wild, desparing
Last Line: That lies upon a sharp grave, or one grown dull with years.
Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement


You had been dead two nights, and I was wild, despairing;
The grieving house still held you, and your shadow, everywhere;
From house to grave I wandered; from grave to house I hastened,
And there I said, "She is here," and here, I said, "She is there."

You had been dead two nights; we drove into the mountains,
To the melancholy Mission, where the Indians came to pray;
There in the brooding grave-yard, by the Indian graves, and Spanish,
I felt your ghost beside me, all this beautiful sad day.

You had been dead two nights, and then, on my returning,
I hurried to your grave, and I called you, through my tears;
But silence was your answer -- the deep and terrible silence
That lies upon a sharp grave, or one grown dull with years.





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