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APART by GERTRUDE SPALDING HENDERSON

First Line: I WOULD NOT CALL THEE BACK TO ME TO-NIGHT
Last Line: WE STILL SHALL TOUCH EACH OTHER SOUL TO SOUL.
Subject(s): ABSENCE; WELLESLEY COLLEGE; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;
Apart

I WOULD not call thee back to me to-night,
Although my eager spirit turns to thee
With weary longing, and my eyes would see
Thy face aglow with spirit's power and might.
The sunset glow, the hillsides, every sight
Of these familiar paths brings thoughts of thee.
Thy name the maples whisper o'er to me,
Rustling their scarlet leaves in golden light.
Yet, though my heart doth yearn to have thee near,
I will not call thee back. Love hath no end
Where daily intercourse alone is dear,
Where spirit unto spirit cannot send
Its quickening power, though miles between us roll:
We still shall touch each other soul to soul.



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