Woman's Love Letters

<h2><SPAN name="Song70" id="Song70"></SPAN>Song.</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Low laughed the Columbine,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Trembled her petals fine<br/></span> <span class="i2">As the breeze blew;<br/></span> <span class="i0">In her dove-heart there stirred<br/></span> <span class="i0">Murmurs the dull bee heard,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And Love, Life's wild white bird,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Straightway she knew.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Resting her lilac cheek<br/></span> <span class="i0">Gently, in aspect meek,<br/></span> <span class="i2">On the gray stone,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The morning-glory, free,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Welcomed the yellow bee,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Heard the near-rolling sea<br/></span> <span class="i2">Murmur and moan.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[Pg&nbsp;71]</SPAN></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Calm lay the tawny sand<br/></span> <span class="i0">Stretching a long wet hand<br/></span> <span class="i2">To the far wave.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Swift to her warm waiting breast<br/></span> <span class="i0">Longing to be possessed<br/></span> <span class="i0">Leaps 'neath his billowy crest<br/></span> <span class="i2">Her Lover brave.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[Pg&nbsp;72]</SPAN></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 35%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />