I have found violets. April hath come on,

And the cool winds feel softer, and the rain

Falls in the beaded drops of summer-time.

You may hear birds at morning, and at eve

The tame dove lingers till the twilight falls,
...

        In life's freshness, and its fulness,---

           In thy womanhood's young bloom,

        While thy brow was all unclouded

           With a darkening ray of gloom,---

        The Angel Death hath said to thee,
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