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Robert W Service - The AnniversaryRobert W Service - The Anniversary
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"This bunch of violets," he said,         "Is for my daughter dear. Since that glad morn when she was wed         It is today a year. She lives atop this flight of stairs—         Please give an arm to me: If we can take her unawares               How glad she`ll be!"               We climbed the stairs; the flight was four,         Our steps were stiff and slow; But as he reached his daughter`s door         His eyes were all aglow. Joylike he raised his hand to knock,         Then sore distressed was I, For from the silence like a shock               I heard a cry. A drunken curse, a sob of woe . . .         His withered face grew grey. "I think," said he, "we`d better go         And come another day." And as he went a block with me,         Walking with weary feet, His violets, I sighed to see,               Bestrewed the street.
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