Love's Change

by Anne Reeve Aldrich

I Went to dig a grave for Love,   But the earth was so stiff and cold That, though I strove through the bitter night,   I could not break the mould. And I said: “Must he lie in my house in state,   And stay in his wonted place? Must I have him with me another day,   With that awful change in his face?”

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