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Betrothal
Ella Higginson in Woman’s Home Companion
[Welland Telegraph April 1900]
Long had we pleasant comrades been
And loved each other well,
Yet never had a traitor glance
The secret dared to tell.
And when that first sweet night we stood–
That rose sweet night in June–
Alone and watched the herald clouds
Outride the languid moon.
Yes, even then we did not guess,
But stood entranced, apart,
Until the silence suddenly
Beat with God’s mighty heart.
And then—we know not how it was–
We trembled, each to each,
And kissed, **** and all our pulses thrilled
Too holily for speech.
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