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Possession dulled, and planted, germs
Of wild indifference.

J listened to the words I heard,
While shame surprised me with its dart;
'Twas long; since I had breathed a word
O f love to that lone heart.

Then noiselessly I stepped behind
Her chair, and heard a sob of pain.
My heart cried out: " I have been blind! ”
And love awoke again.

I drew her gently to my breast-—-
I soothed her, kissed her, called her mine;
And all the love once more confessed
Told in that valentine.
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THE SONG OF THE SPINN1NG=WHEEL.

U P in the attic; stowed away.
Out of the light of the golden day,
All in a cob-web mantle drest,
Grandma’s .spinning-wheel stands at rest,
Turn it round with a motion strong,
And loud it singeth an old-time song,
Round and round,
Round and round,
Drowsy drowning with a dreary sound,
Steady motion the spindle keeps;
Thtead runs smooth while the baby sleeps I
Sleeps ! sleeps !

Turn again and the wheel will tell,
IIow happy days tu the old home fell,