- 1. Gilbert
I. THE GARDEN.
ABOVE the city hung the moon,
Right o'er a plot of ground
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- 2. Parting
THERE'S no use in weeping,
Though we are condemned to part:
There's such a thing as keeping
A remembrance in one's heart:
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- 3. Stanzas
IF thou be in a lonely place,
If one hour's calm be thine,
As Evening bends her placid face
O'er this sweet day's decline;
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- 4. Mementos
ARRANGING long-locked drawers and shelves
Of cabinets, shut up for years,
What a strange task we've set ourselves !
How still the lonely room appears !
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- 5. The Wife's Will
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- 6. The Wood
BUT two miles more, and then we rest !
Well, there is still an hour of day,
And long the brightness of the West
Will light us on our devious way;
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- 7. Winter Stores
WE take from life one little share,
And say that this shall be
A space, redeemed from toil and care,
From tears and sadness free.
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- 8. Evening Solace
THE human heart has hidden treasures,
In secret kept, in silence sealed;Â
The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,
Whose charms were broken if revealed.
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- 9. The Letter
WHAT is she writing ? Watch her now,
How fast her fingers move !
How eagerly her youthful brow
Is bent in thought above !
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