Mary Hannay Foott

“ As we heard on the heights the breezes sing;
We felt no longer our travel-toil;
We feared no more what the years might bring.
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“ Of her he loved the best.
Of voyage-perils, bravely borne,
He would not tell the tale;
Of shattered planks and canvas torn,
And war with wind and gale.
He waited till the light-house star
Should rise against the sky ”

“ Workmen, who leave the rattling looms
To ply, perforce, a deadlier trade;
Students, who quit their cloudy rooms
To step within a heavier shade.
Slow-breaking hearts that suffer long, —
Blinded and chilled 'neath love's eclipse ”