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Paul Laurence Dunbar - The Farm House By The RiverPaul Laurence Dunbar - The Farm House By The River
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              I know a little country place               Where still my heart doth linger,               And o`er its fields is every grace               Lined out by memory`s finger.               Back from the lane where poplar grew               And aspens quake and quiver,               There stands all bath`d in summer`s glow               A farm house by the river.               Its eaves are touched with golden light               So sweetly, softly shining,               And morning-glories full and bright               About the doors are twining.               And there endowed with every grace               That nature`s hand could give her,               There lived the angel of the place               In the farm house by the river.               Her eyes were blue, her hair was gold,               Her face was bright and sunny;               The songs that from her bosom rolled               Were sweet as summer`s honey.               And I loved her well, that maid divine,               And I prayed the Gracious Giver,               That I some day might call her mine               In the farm house by the river.               `Twas not to be—but God knows best,               His will for aye be heed!               Perhaps amid the angels blest,               My little love was needed.               Her spirit from its thralldom torn               Went singing o`er the river,               And that sweet life my heart shall mourn               Forever and forever.               She died one morn at early light               When all the birds are singing,               And heaven itself in pure delight               Its bells of joy seemed ringing.               They laid her dust where soon and late               The solemn grasses quiver,               And left alone and disolate               The farm house by the river.
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