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I leave my child to Heaven And with these words	A
Upon her lips the Lady Mildred passed	B
Unto the rest prepared for her pure soul	C
Words that meant only this I cannot trust	D
Unto her earthly parent my young child	E
So leave her to her heavenly Father's care	F
And Heaven was gentle to the motherless	G
And fair and sweet the maiden Gladys grew	H
A pure white rose in the old castle set	I
The while her father rioted abroad	J
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But as the day drew near when he should give	K
By his dead lady's will his child her own	L
He having basely squandered all her wealth	M
To him intrusted to his land returned	N
And thrilled her trusting heart with terrors vague	O
Of peril of some shame to come to him	P
Did she not yield unto his prayer command	Q
That she would to Our Lady's convent go	R
Forget the world and save him from disgrace	S
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But hidden as she had been all her life	T
From tender human ties she loved the world	U
With all her loving heart the fresh free world	U
That God had made and this life seemed to her	V
As but a living death A living tomb	W
The harsh stone walls that from the convent frowned	X
Upon the peaceful valley sweet with flowers	Y
The beautiful green valley threaded by	Z
Bright rivulets that sought the quiet lake	A2
Dear haunts sought daily by her maiden feet	B2
And wilt thou not for my sake and thou shalt	C2
To save thy sire from shame so wore the days	D2
And still she did not promise though she wept	E2
At his wild pleadings trembled at his rage	F2
Then of her mother's dying words he thought	G2
Her dying words I leave my child to Heaven	H2
And twisting them with his own wishes wove	I2
A chain therewith that bound her wavering will	J2
A chain made mighty by the golden threads	K2
Of rev'rence and of holy memories	L2
And so with heavy heart she gave her vow	M2
That in the autumn she would leave the world	U
But first for one free summer did she pray	N2
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And through those bright spring days she roamed abroad	J
And poured upon the winds her low complaints	O2
The while her dark soft eyes sought all the earth	P2
The beauteous earth that she too soon must leave	Q2
And all her mournful murmurs ended thus	R2
With this sad cry of Oh the happy world	U
Ended with these low words as a sigh	Z
I will obey but oh the happy world	U
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Oh wondrous beauty of the morning skies	S2
Oh wide green fields with beady dew impearled	U
The lark soars upward singing as she flies	S2
Oh wave of free swift wings oh happy world	U
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Oh wordless wonder of the evening sky	Z
Far ivory citadels with flags unfurled	U
Deep sapphire seas where rosy fleets float by	Z
The golden shores remote oh happy world	U
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Oh my blue violets by the laughing brook	T2
My shy sweet darlings in your green leaves curled	U
Bright eyes sometime you will all vainly look	T2
For me your lover Oh the happy world	U
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So passed the days of spring and she must sign	U2
Dull papers to appease the hungry law	V2
And to the castle down a writer came	W2
No graybeard old and dryer than his tomes	X2
A tall fair faced youth with bright bold gaze	D2
And blood that leaped afresh like crimson wine	U2
Rash blood that led him to leap o'er a gate	U
Five barred within the mossy park upon	Y2
The knight's old stumbling steed that played him false	Z2
To its own harm for which it lost its life	T
More fortunate the youth though bruised he	A3
And bleeding from his many grievous wounds	B3
And Gladys tended him with gentlest care	F
Till love crept in and took the place of pain	C3
And in her heart took Pity's weeping place	S
And dwelt a king He knew she was the bride	U
Of Heaven not to be vexed with earthly love	D3
But yet upon the last night of his stay	U
As by the lake's low marge he met the maid	U
And saw her soft eyes fall before his own	L
He laid an almond blossom in her hand	U
A blossom that both sweet and bitter is	E3
And said but this Say is dear love a dream	F3
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Nay not a dream she murmured looking out	U
To where the light upon the waters lay	U
A golden pathway leading to the sun	H2
Dear love the wakening is this life we live	G3
Is but a dream Then with a sudden hope	H3
He would have caught her hands but no she clasped	U
Them o'er the snowy muslin on her breast	U
And on her heart like drops of crimson blood	U
There lay the almond blossoms bitter sweet	U
And far away her pure eyes looked adown	H2
That shining path across the summer sea	A3
Nay life a long dream is a sleep that lasts	I3
Until we waken in the land of love	D3
But though thus calmly did she speak to him	P
When he had gone to hide his breaking heart	U
As best he might to bravely bide his time	J3
And do his life work as she bade him do	U
Then all her lonely haunts echoed this cry	Z
This cry of deeper anguish Oh my heart	U
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Why did I pray for one more summer bright	U
The outward world but held me in time past	U
Now life and love have added links of might	U
A chain that fetters me that holds me fast	U
I will I will obey but oh my heart	U
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My life was like some little mountain spring	K3
By slight waves stirred till some deep overflow	R
Swift breaks its peace then with its risen king	K3
Down to the mighty deep it needs must go	R
Thus did I follow love but oh my heart	U
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For dear love sought me claimed me for his own	H2
And called me with his voice so strong so low	R
I followed unto bliss thou hapless one	H2
I did bethink me of my cruel vow	M2
The vow I will obey but oh my heart	U
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And through the long still nights this cry was hers	Y
As on her couch she lay till dreary dawn	H2
Her large eyes dark with horror looking out	U
Upon the pitchy darkness unafraid	U
And as the breathings of the new spring breeze	L2
Soft sights of sad complaint to autumn's storms	L3
That hold the burdened sorrow of a year	M3
Was this her sigh of oh the happy world	U
To this despairing cry of oh my heart	U
And as the year's late winds leave pale and chill	J2
The earth so did this weary cry of hers	Y
So oft repeated leave her lips like snow	R
And oft the lonely midnight heard her moan	H2
Of hopes foregone that women hold most dear	M3
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No little ones to ever cling to me	A3
In closest love look on me through his eyes	S2
And call me mother bless me with his smile	N3
Then low in tearful prayer her voice would sound	U
Despairing wailing through the lonely room	W
The silent turret chamber steep and high	Z
Thou maiden mother Mary knows my heart	U
Thou who didst love and suffer look on me	A3
Oh pity me sweet mother of the Christ	U
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Then would the passion of her woe die out	U
In dreary calm and as a chidden child	U
Who cries himself to rest sobs in his sleep	O3
So pitifully would sound the latest words	A
I will I will be patient and obey	U
But all the long days' silent anguish all	P3
These secret trysts she kept alone with pain	H2
Wore her meek face till like a spirit's looked	U
It gleaming white from out her shadowy hair	F
And so the last day came the day of doom	W
The dreaded day when she should leave the world	U
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But He who holdeth little useless birds	A
In His protecting care looked tenderly	A3
Upon this patient soul so sorely tried	U
This sweet soul purified by all its pain	H2
For on this day so fair a morn it seemed	U
A heavenly peace sunk down to this sad earth	P2
From gate ajar the bright and pearly gate	U
Swung widely open for an angel guest	U
A faithful servant climbed the winding stair	F
Sent by her eager father with the dawn	H2
To rouse her tell her that the hour had come	Q3
When she to save his name should leave the world	U
And as the woman stood beside the couch	R3
She said Sweet soul she talks out in her sleep	O3
For there she lay with closed eyes murmuring low	R
With mournful brow and sad lips oh dear love	D3
Then cried out with a sob 'tis not a dream	F3
Then spake of blood red blossoms bitter sweet	U
And with her white lips sighing this she sunk	S3
Into what seemed to be a dreamless sleep	O3
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And as the loving servant weeping stood	U
Loath to awake her to her evil doom	W
She opened her large violet eyes and gazed	U
Upon the morning sunlight stealing in	H2
The clear light trembling growing on the wall	P3
And as she looked her eyes grew like the eyes	S2
Of blessed angels looking on their Lord	U
And high toward Heaven she lifted up her hands	T3
Then clasped them in content upon her breast	U
And cried out in a glad voice oh my heart	U
And with such glory lighting up her face	S
As if the flood of joy had filled her heart	U
And overrun her lips with blissful smiles	U3
She left the world and saved her sire from shame	W2