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Homeward

A swift descent along the ridge,
Through shady glooms and breaks of light;
A cheery clatter on the bridge,
Then up the street where falls the night.

Across the dark a hearth-fire's gleam,
A graceful shadow on the wall;
'Twas false, thank God, that last night's dream,
That something evil did befall.

From out the door a ruddier shine
Meets vanished daylight's golden trace,
And starry eyes turned up to mine,—
One light in heaven and home and face!

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