Part 1 — MY OTHER ME
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Children, do you ever, In walks by land or sea, Meet a little maiden Long time lost to me?
She is gay and gladsome, Has a laughing face, And a heart as sunny; And her name is Grace.
Naught she knows of sorrow, Naught of doubt or blight; Heaven is just above her— All her thoughts are white.
Long time since I lost her, That other Me of mine; She crossed, into Time's shadow Out of Youth's sunshine.
Now the darkness keeps her; And, call her as I will, The years that lie between us Hide her from me still.
I am dull and pain-worn, And lonely as can be— Oh, children, if you meet her, Send back my other Me!
Grace Denio Litchfield [1849-