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 LITTLE GIRL

You were always brave and true, High and noble, through and through— There was nothing base in you,
 * Little girl.

Like the stars that o'er us beam, Your pure spirit ruled supreme O'er life's every work and dream,
 * Little girl.

You were of those higher spheres That the dreamer sees through tears When the genius of love appears,
 * Little girl.

And, again, you were a part Of the great world's busy mart— Just a woman with a heart,
 * Little girl.

You were all for which we pine, Were of life the bread and wine, And the spirit's home and shrine,
 * Little girl.

Out there in the sunlight clear, In the pure heaven-atmosphere, Do the old dreams haunt you, dear
 * Little girl.

Here on earth all is forlorn, For the song, the dream, the dawn, With your loving soul have gone,
 * Little girl.

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