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Going to Him! Happy letter!
Tell Him -
Tell Him the page I
did'nt write -
Tell Him - I only said
the Syntax -
And left the Verb and
the pronoun - out -
Tell Him just how the
fingers hurried -
Then - how they waded -
slow - slow -
And then you wished you
had eyes in your pages -
So you could see what
moved them so -
Tell Him - it was'nt a
Practised Writer -
You guessed - from the
way the sentence toiled -
You could hear the
Boddice tug, behind you -
As if it held but the
might of a child -
You almost pitied it -
you - it worked so -
Tell Him - No - you
may quibble there -
For it would split His
Heart, to know it -
And then you and I, were
silenter.
Tell Him - Night finished -
before we finished -
And the Old Clock
kept neighing "Day"!
And you - got sleepy -
And begged to be ended -
What would it hinder so -
to - say?
Tell Him - just how she
sealed you - Cautious!
But - if He ask where
you are hid
Until tomorrow - Happy letter!
Gesture Coquette - and
shake your Head!
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