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Show THOU AND I. April days are over, Oh, my gay young lover; Forth we fare together In the soft May weather. Forth we wander, hand in hand, Seeking an enchanted land Underneath a smiling sky, So blithely-thou and I! Soft spring days are over! Oh, my ardent love, Many a hill together, In the July weather, Climb we when the days are long, And the summer heats are strong, And the harvest wains go by, So bravely-thou and I! July days are over. Oh, my faithful lover, Side by side together In the August weather, When the swift, wild storms befall us, And the fiery darts appall us, Wait we till the clouds sweep by, And stars shine-thou and I! Summer days are over! Oh, my one true lover, Sit we now alone together In the early autumn weather! from our nest the birds have flown To fair dreamlands of their own, And we see the days go by, In silence-thou and I! Storm and stress are over! Oh, my friend and lover, ?? now we lean together In the Indian summer weather; See the bright leaves falling, falling, Hear the low winds calling, calling, Glad to let the world go by Unheeding-thou and I! Winter days are over! Oh, my life long lover, Rest we now in peace together Out of reach of changeful weather! Not a sound can mar our sleeping- Sound of laughter, or of weeping, May not reach us where we lie ??-thou and I! -Julia C. R. Dorr, in Christian Union |