Aftermath.woman said, "When passion's lightning has burned out its course, And love's frail moon is dead." "The best will yet remain," the lover said, "After the ebbing of emotion's tide, After the failing of untamed desire, The frankincense of reverence will rise From off the altars where eternal faith Keeps the undying fire." __Elizabeth N. Barr. |
The High Winds of Home
Elizabeth N. Barr
(Olathe: privately published. 1922)
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