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First Line: And if he ever should come back
Last Line: Do not let him weep.
Subject(s): Death; Love - Loss Of; Dead, The


AND if he ever should come back,
What am I to say?
—Tell him that I watch'd for him
All my life away.

And if he should ask me more,
Nor know my face again?
—Speak gently as a sister speaks,
He may be in pain.

If he ask me where you are,
How shall I reply?
—Then give him my golden ring,
Very silently.

And if he should want to know
Why the hall stands bare?
—Then show him the burn-out lamp
And the door ajar.

And if he should ask me then
How you fell asleep?
—Tell him that I smiled and died.
Do not let him weep.





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