“I love you, ah, I love you!” Now we die

And lay, all silent, to the earth our face.

Shall that cast out the echo of this place?

Has not one in the dark funereal

Heard foot-fall fearful, born of no man’s tread,

And felt the wings of death, though no wing spread

And on his cheek a tear, though no tear fell—

And a voice saying without breath “Farewell!”

THE DOVE

Persons:
Amelia Burgson Sisters
Vera Burgson
The Dove—A young girl living with the Burgsons