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Henry Lawson - To HannahHenry Lawson - To Hannah
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Spirit girl to whom `twas given         To revisit scenes of pain,     From the hell I thought was Heaven         You have lifted me again;     Through the world that I inherit,         Where I loved her ere she died,     I am walking with the spirit         Of a dead girl by my side.     Through my old possessions only       For a very little while,   And they say that I am lonely,       And they pity, but I smile:   For the brighter side has won me       By the calmness that it brings,   And the peace that is upon me       Does not come of earthly things.   Spirit girl, the good is in me,       But the flesh you know is weak,   And with no pure soul to win me       I might miss the path I seek;   Lead me by the love you bore me       When you trod the earth with me,   Till the light is clear before me       And my spirit too is free.
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