| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 335. Blind Louise |
| | | By George Washington Dewey |
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| SHE knew that she was growing blind,— | |
| Foresaw the dreary night | |
| That soon would fall, without a star, | |
| Upon her fading sight; | |
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| Yet never did she make complaint, | 5 |
| But prayed each day might bring | |
| A beauty to her waning eyes,— | |
| The loveliness of spring! | |
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| She dreaded that eclipse which might | |
| Perpetually enclose | 10 |
| Sad memories of a leafless world, | |
| A spectral realm of snows. | |
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| She ’d rather that the verdure left | |
| An evergreen to shine | |
| Within her heart, as summer leaves | 15 |
| Its memory on the pine. | |
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| She had her wish; for when the sun | |
| O’erhung his eastern towers, | |
| And shed his benediction on | |
| A world of May-time flowers, | 20 |
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| We found her seated, as of old, | |
| In her accustomed place, | |
| A midnight in her sightless eyes, | |
| And morn upon her face! | |
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