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 Copyright 1887 
 BY ANNIE I. KNOWLTON 
 
My Lover's Love. 
 
 Mv woman heart has often bled 
 
 And wept in pain o'er fond hopes lied. 
 
 I wateh the rain in silenee fall 
 
 I droop as under death's dark })all. 
 
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 I long foi- love's most precious star 
 To leave the dooi' of heaven ajar 
 Adown life's current still I glide, 
 Sighing, 'tis best, may (xod provide. 
 
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 1 see the rain drops falling now 
 In meekness to His will T bow. 
 At last my soul is filled with song 
 The notes re-echo deep and long. 
 
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 The birds take up the sweet I'efrain 
 And send it back to me again 
 The flowers that now around me bloom 
 Ai"e wafting back a sweet perfume. 
 
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 The stars, the moon, the sun look down 
 
 And gild anew my lover's crown. 
 
 The waves they ri])ple gently on, 
 
 Tlie pain, the gloom, they all are gone. 
 
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 The Heeey clouds, the waving grass 
 They nod and l)eekon as I pass; 
 For love has changed my shadowed lace 
 And given it a tender grace. 
 
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 I've hcni'd the blossoiny whisper love, 
 Aiul pHg'ht their vows to each fond dove, 
 I've seen their faces ronnd the I'ills, 
 Tve seen tlie bright sun kiss the hills; 
 
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 But never half the ti-nth I felt 
 Till at my feet my own love knelt : 
 My lover's love it lights the way 
 And turns the night into the day. 
 
 ANNIK 1. KNOWLTON. 
 
.Irl^f^f^RY OF 
 
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