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Show i.OVE'3 FAITH I If tm shoii) J come aud tell me that the bird Had lost tiieir vuieed; that Ui; Hwm 0" mora Gave forth soft odors; tlint for lauk of ow The grass blades drooped tit dawn time; that the shells Had K'ft the ocean's shore-, the pearls Its bed; That frost nud fruitage hud congenial grow u; That Ihi' lost Sister of the Pleiades Had rL'up)eiir"d hi Taurus: that ihe sun Had ivhcel'd Its golden chariot to Hie north; If one ttiotdd come and tell mo this, dear love, 1 mifbt believe him. l!ut if one should couu And tell me you were fals; why, 1 should stand. With folded arms, and dan thro' him u glance &i keenly edyed with scornful disbelief Tlut back ho would reeoll like April eloudB Bei'ore the udvaucmn ttuu, nud call upon The mantle of his wnuli to cover hiui. Orelia Key Uell in Detroit Free Press. |