THE HALF-HOUR'S FURLOUGH
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I passed me along each familiar way,
And paused at each friendly door,
And thought of the things that had chanced within
In the kindly days of yore.
And paused at each friendly door,
And thought of the things that had chanced within
In the kindly days of yore.
Till I came to the place of my long, long love,
Where she lay with her head on her arm;
And she sighed a prayer that the dear Lord should
Shield my body from all harm.
Where she lay with her head on her arm;
And she sighed a prayer that the dear Lord should
Shield my body from all harm.
Ae kiss I left on her snow-white brow,
And ane on her raven hair,
And ane, the last, on her ruby lips,
Syne forth again I fare.
And ane on her raven hair,
And ane, the last, on her ruby lips,
Syne forth again I fare.
And I came to the home that will aye be home,
And brightly the fires did burn,
And at hearth, and in hearts, was a place for me
'Gainst the day that I should return.
And brightly the fires did burn,
And at hearth, and in hearts, was a place for me
'Gainst the day that I should return.
