If I had known That when the morrow dawned the roses would be dead I would have filled my hands with blossoms white and red. If I had known! If I had known That I should be to-day deaf to all happy birds I would have lain for hours to listen to your words. If I had known! If I had known That with the morning light you would be gone for aye I would have been more kind;—sweet Love had won his way If I had known. [Pg 14] Anticipation. Let us peer forward through the dusk of years And force the silent future to reveal Her store of garnered joys; we may not kneel For ever, and entreat our bliss with tears. Somewhere on this drear earth the sunshine lies, Somewhere the air breathes Heaven-blown harmonies.
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