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Show BURIAL <br><br> It is all past now! I have buried it cold in its secret grave; to the world untold, It has lived and died - that new fond love - Which I dreamed was true as the stars above. <br><br> It is all past now, and the bright waves flow as calmly as when we watched the glow of the noon-day sun, on the waters blue - And heart answered heart that its love was true. <br><br> It is all past now, but I never shall rue One word I have spoken; too well he knew The love that I gave him was holy and pure, and he knows it will live on forevermore<br><br> But never to twine its fond tendrils again Around and earth-idol; no other shall train its sad, blighted blossoms; aye ‘tis all past now And I wear the bright smile and thoughtless brow. <br><br> Bud I clasp it so close, in its winding sheet, As I pass through the throng with my restless feet, That no eye can see it - the dear fond love - And so I shall bear it to realms above. <br><br> Perchance in the future, some trifling thing, E'en a faded flower or a broken ring, Will bring to remembrance the dear light gone. The true faith slighted the sad heart lone<br><br> Drifting above the dark, shadowy streams Of Time's turbid river, no hope will seem Too precious to give them for one bright gleam Of the lost, lost love - the beautiful dream Of those bygone days, the love now old, Which lived and died to the world untold! |