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MIMMA BELLA; IN MEMORY OF A LITTLE LIFE: 6, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh, bless the law that veils the future's face
Last Line: Its footing, and fall headlong from to-day.
Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies


Oh, bless the law that veils the Future's face;
For who could smile into a baby's eyes,
Or bear the beauty of the evening skies,
If he could see what cometh on apace?

The ticking of the death-watch would replace
The baby's prattle for the over-wise;
The breeze's murmur would become the cries
Of stormy petrels where the breakers race.

We live as moves the walker in his sleep,
Who walks because he sees not the abyss
His feet are skirting as he goes his way:

If we could see the morrow from the steep
Of our security, the soul would miss
Its footing, and fall headlong from to-day.





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