VIOLA.

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BY JAMES ALDRICH.

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This simple chain of sunny hair,

Thus braided by thy gentle hand,

Anear my heart I ever wear,

Since thou art gone to shadow-land.

Whene’er upon the little gift

Of thy sweet love my eye is cast,

Will welcome memory come and lift

The curtains of the silent Past!

Ah! my fond heart, as well it may,

Feels then, in all its depth anew,

That which, when thou wait called away,

Ennobled and immortal grew!

Lost one! to thee I’ll constant prove,

Long as I walk this mortal strand,

So may I claim thy perfect love

When we shall meet in shadow-land.

PAINTED BY LUCY ADAMS. ENGRAVED BY H. S. SADD.

Morning Prayer.

Engraved Expressly for Graham’s Magazine.