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4642824Poems — To — — —Mary Louisa Chitwood
TO —— —— ——
Blessings be with thee, while we part—
Each bliss that thought to words may frame;
There's not a pulse that rocks my heart
To prayer, that doth not breathe thy name.
Beloved! such perfect love as this
Fills to the brim life's cup with bliss.

Go, dear one: must I let thee go?
Yet 'tis with sweet and earnest faith
Whatever comes, I feel, I know,
Thy heart will still be true to death.
And not a shadow o'er me steals;
No jealous doubt my soul conceals,

Farewell: my life can never be
Darkened and sorrowed, while I know
That in the same, same world with me
Is one to whom my heart may go;
And on thy fond and faithful breast
May weep that aching heart to rest.