E-text prepared by Al Haines, Victoria, B.C., Canada, January 2004
THE MIRACLE
AND OTHER POEMS
BY VIRNA SHEARD
1913
TO MY DEAR BROTHER
ELDRIDGE STANTON (JUNIOR)
WHO DIED BRAVELY AT NIAGARA, ON THE AFTERNOON OF SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH, 1912.
No tears for thee, no tears, or sighs,
Or breaking heart—
But smiles, that thou so well that bitter hour
Didst play thy part!