Poems (White)/Life Fulfilled

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4500429Poems — Life FulfilledJeannie Copes White
LIFE FULFILLED
Gladly the brook, in a shady nook,
Gently flows to the river,
Happy the maid, just as unafraid,
Softly goes to her lover.
The rippling brook her fern bed forsook
For life with rushing river:
The dimpling maid, in luxury laid,
Is glad in arms of lover.