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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTERWARDS, by BURTON EGBERT STEVENSON Poet's Biography
First Line: The ringing laugh of a joyous heart, and the glance of a smiling eye
Last Line: Will these matter to thee, thou soul set free, thou dust down under the grass?
Subject(s): Courtship; Love
First Line: The ringing laugh of a joyous heart, and the glance of a smiling eye
Last Line: Will these matter to thee, thou soul set free, thou dust down under the grass?
Subject(s): Courtship; Love
THE ringing laugh of a joyous heart, and the glance of a smiling eye,
The womanly grace of a piquant face in the rollicking days gone by, --
The conscious shyness of word and glance, and the thrill of the hand's caress;
The tender hush, the rising blush, and the timidly whispered "Yes," --
The swift, bright gleam of the wedding-ring, the tenderly fearful bliss
Of the upturned face in its shimmering lace, and the breath of the marriage
kiss, --
Through all the eternal grim parade of days and nights that pass,
Will these matter to thee, thou soul set free, thou dust down under the grass?
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