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I THE MOTHER'S KISS	A
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Love breathed a secret to her listening heart	B
And said Be silent Though she guarded it	C
And dwelt as one within a world apart	B
Yet sun and star seemed by that secret lit	C
And where she passed each whispering wind ablow	D
And every little blossom in the sod	E
Called joyously to her We know we know	F
For are we not the intimates of God	E
Life grew so radiant and so opulent	G
That when her fragile body and her brain	H
By mortal throes of agony were rent	I
She felt a curious rapture in her pain	H
Then after anguish came the supreme bliss	A
They brought the little baby for her kiss	A
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II THE BETROTHAL	D
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There was a little pause between the dances	J
Without somewhere a tinkling fountain played	K
The dusky path was lit by ardent glances	L
As forth they fared a lover and a maid	K
He chose a nook from curious eyes well hidden	M
All redolent with sweet midsummer charm	N
And by the great primeval instinct bidden	O
He drew her in the shelter of his arm	N
The words that long deep in his heart had trembled	P
Found sudden utterance she at first dissembled	P
Refused her lips and half withdrew her hand	P
Then murmured Yes and yielded woman fashion	M
Her virgin mouth to young love's kiss of passion	M
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III THE BRIDAL KISS	A
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As fleecy clouds trail back across the skies	Q
Showing the sweet young moon in azure space	R
The lifted veil revealed her shining face	R
A sudden wonder to his eager eyes	Q
In that familiar beauty lurked surprise	Q
For now the wife stood in the maiden's place	R
With conscious dignity and woman's grace	R
And love's large pride grown trebly fair and wise	Q
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The world receded leaving them alone	S
The universe was theirs from sphere to sphere	T
And life assumed new meaning and new worth	U
Love held no privilege they did not own	S
And when they kissed each other without fear	T
They understood why God had made the earth	U
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IV DOMESTIC BLISS	A
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Sequestered in their calm domestic bower	V
They sat together He in manhood's prime	W
And she a matron in her fullest flower	V
The mantel clock gave forth a warning chime	W
She put her work aside his bright cigar	X
Grew pale and crumbled in an ashen heap	Y
The lights went out save one remaining star	X
That watched beside the children in their sleep	Y
She hummed a little song and nestled near	T
As side by side they went to their repose	Z
His arm about her waist he whispered Dear	T
And pressed his lips upon her mouth's full rose	Z
The sacred sweetness of their wedded life	A2
Breathed in that kiss of husband and of wife	A2
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V OLD AGE	B2
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The young see heaven but to the old who wait	P
The final call the hills of youth arise	Q
More beautiful than shores of Paradise	C2
Beside a glowing and voracious grate	P
A dozing couple dream of yesterday	P
The islands of a vanished past appear	T
Bringing forgotten names and faces near	T
While lost in mist the present fades away	P
The fragrant winds of tender memories blow	D
Across the gardens of the Used to be	D2
They smile into each other's eyes and see	D2
The bride and bridegroom of the long ago	D
And tremulous lips pressed close to faded cheek	E2
Love's silent tale of deathless passion speak	E2

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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