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104 ANNA MARIA WELLS. And haply on thy sinless vision now Celestial forms may gleam, like morning mists That yet shall brighten into perfect day; Or to thy tender organs suited, soft As breath of angels, music floats around; - Melodious whisperings, that half unfold The harmonies enfranchised spirits know. Then, if such visions do they slumbers bless, Sleep on, dear, sinless, happy dreamer, sleep; For I would not the short-lived charm disturb, Not e'en to meet shine eye's sad earnestness; Those eyes that shed upon thy baby face A tender, holy, melancholy light,- Like seraph Pity guarding Innocence, And yet more radiant shall their lustre be When strong by struggle, eloquent by thought, The mind shall dart its deeper meanings thence; Or pure devotion's wrapt intensity Look through their upward lights. How soft the touch Of thy dark silky hair! May vanity, That feast upon, and spas the fairest flowers, Blight not thy spirit's sweet development. But may thy heart be artless as thy smile; Like those clear eyes thy soul be luminous; And when, at last, upspringing to its God, Be freed from earthly stain, and rise to Heaven Sweet as the balmy breath of infant sleep. "WE'LL NEVER PART AGAIN." AND say'st thou so? And canst thou lift That veil in mercy cast Between thy destiny and thee, The future and the past? ANNA MARIA WELLS. 105 Say, is it Passion's breathing vow? Or Friendship's promise given? Or utterance of paternal love, The purest under heaven? Oh! if thy other self be now Beside thee, -if thy own That one loved hand may clasp; thy ear Drink in that one loved tone; Enjoy the fleeting hour,-forget That earth has change or pain;- But dare not whisper in thy bliss, "We'll never part again." Love's roses droop ere morn hath fled; The violet smiles through tears; The tall tree scatters to the blast The brightest leaf it bears; Each day, each hour, love's nearest ties The hand of death may sever; And they who live and love the best, Fate oft divides for ever. The friend so closely link'd to thee, By faith so fondly plighted,- The world's cold cautions intervene, And ye are disunited. The most impassion'd love that warms The purest, truest heart, Or time, or grief or wrong may change, Aud break the links apart. Thy children-o'er their opening minds Watch, watch with heart untired; The ceaseless vigil keep, by hope, By love, by Heaven inspired.
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