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SOFT, brown, smiling eyes, Looking back through years, Smiling through the mist of time, Filling mine with tears, On this sunny morn, While the grape- blooms swing In the scented air of June, - Why these memories bring ? II. Silky rippling curls, Tresses long ago Laid beneath the shaded sod Where the violets blow, - Why across the blue Of the peerless day Do ye droop to meet my own, Now all turned to gray? III. Voice whose tender tones Break in sudden mirth, Heard far back in boyhood's spring, Silent now on earth, Why so sweet and clear, While the bird and bee Fill the balmy summer air, Come your tones to me ? IV. Sweet, ah, sweeter far Than yon thrush's trill, Sadder, sweeter than the wind, Woods, or murmuring rill, Spirit words and songs O'er my senses creep. Do I breathe the air of dreams ? Do I wake or sleep? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOBOLINKS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH THE PINES AND THE SEA by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH A CHILD-SAVIOUR (A TRUE STORY) by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH A NIGHT-PICTURE by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH A POET'S SOLILOQUY by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH A QUESTION by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH A WORD TO PHILOSOPHERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH AFTER THE CENTENNIAL (A HOPE) by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH AFTER-LIFE by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH AN OLD CAT'S CONFESSIONS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH |
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