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LINES WRITTEN FOR A WIFE by ELAINE V. EMANS

First Line: WITHIN A LITTLE WHILE HE MAY FORGET
Last Line: SO I WILL TRUST, AND WAIT HIM THROUGH MY SORROW.
Subject(s): TRUST;

Within a little while he may forget
Her wholly -- I will wait, and trust, and pray.
If only he would not dream so, and yet
I know a man his age must love the gay
Aprilian freshness of her hair and eyes,
And feel years younger, when they laugh together ...
I do not blame him much (nor is it wise
To blame her greatly, ignorant as to whether
She knew he had a wife and children here).
Within a little while, perhaps tomorrow,
He may turn toward me, whispering "O my dear," --
So I will trust, and wait him through my sorrow.



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