This page needs to be proofread.
39
IV.
“Fret not the faithful hearts who love you so.
’Tis not forever you are called away.
Smile, sister mine, once more before you go ;
Make glad the weeping hours, the doleful
day.”
V.
So Summer smiled again amid her tears,
And gentle Autumn stood aside a space,
That Earth might whisper in the rosy ears,
And kiss once more the tender, lovely face.
VI.
And so the Earth’s beloved went away—
Earth loved the Summer best while still
a child;
But loved her most, when, only yesterday
She looked up thro’ her falling tears and
smiled.
