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Robert W Service - A Year AgoRobert W Service - A Year Ago
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I`m sitting by the fire tonight,        The cat purrs on the rug; The room`s abrim with rosy light,        Suavely soft and snug; And safe and warm from dark and storm        It`s cosiness I hug.         Then petulant the window pane        Quakes in the tempest moan, And cries: "Forlornly in the rain        There starkly streams a stone, Where one so dear who shared your cheer        Now lies alone, alone. Go forth! Go forth into the gale        And pass and hour in prayer; This night of sorrow do not fail        The one you deemed so fair, The girl below the bitter snow        Who died your child to bear." So wails the wind, yet here I sit        Beside the ember`s glow; My grog is hot, my pipe is lit,        And loth am I to go To her who died a ten-month bride,        Only a year ago. To-day we weep: each morrow is        A littling of regret; The saddest part of sorrow is        That we in time forget . . . Christ! Let me go to graveyard woe,—        Yea, I will sorrow yet.
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