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  VIRGINIA
  A Tragedy

  AND OTHER POEMS

  MARION FORSTER GILMORE




  VIRGINIA

  A Tragedy

  AND

  OTHER POEMS

  BY

  MARION FORSTER GILMORE

  JOHN P. MORTON & COMPANY
  Incorporated

  LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
  1910


  COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY
  MARION FORSTER GILMORE




Dedication


  TO MY FATHER

  Years can not cloud the light of your clear eyes,
  Steadfast and bright with high integrity;
  Nor rob your spirit of the strength that lies
  On those firm lips; nor dim the purity
  Of a high soul, which bears the shield of Love
  Untarnished, as it was upon the day
  When One, with tender faith, desired to prove
  Her "Royal Knight," and gave her heart away.
  Bear her bright shield, and smile, as years roll by--
  Years that have crowned you with the priceless crown
  Of steadfast faith and worldwide charity--
  Until you reap the joy that you have sown,
  In that near land, where, with a light divine,
  The eyes you love through all the ages shine.




[Thanks are due to the proprietors of The Cosmopolitan Magazine and
Leslie's Weekly, for their courtesy in allowing the republication herein
of a number of poems which have previously appeared in issues of their
copyrighted magazines.]




CONTENTS


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  VIRGINIA                                  1


  Stewardship                              61

