The Soul Of A Century/I was ever thinking
I WAS EVER THINKING
I was ever thinking of unknown, distant lands,
Of flowered banks and palm trees that stretch in waving bands
Thinking of aged lions, of gulls in swooping flocks,
Of long forgotten cities and old bells on castle tops.
Thinking of lofty mountains and deep, unfothomed seas,
Of a splendid golden castle on a glass hill beyond the trees.
But now I think no longer of happy dreams gone by,
I think only of you dear and of my joy when you were nigh.
Now I am thinking only of each winter’s cold I knew
And if the grave you sleep in, is not too small for you.
I am forever thinking if in your verdant, grassy mound,
Your casket of bright metal is o’er weighted with the ground.
And I am ever thinking if you can see me sigh and yearn,
See how my heart grows weary, see how my sad eyes burn.
And I am ever thinking, throughout the day and night,
If the shroud of white we gave you, is not a bit too tight.
Dear, I am ever thinking if you could take me with,
As I used to take you, when you sighed or cried a bit.
Yes, I am ever thinking that when all my grief is post
In your embrace, my dear one, I’ll find happiness at last.
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) between 1929 and 1977 (inclusive) without a copyright notice. The longest-living author of this work died in 1987, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 36 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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