Pratt Portraits — Chapter 13

"Lean closer, darling, I must speakSo very, very lowLean closer, till I touch your cheekAnd feel your tears that flow.

"Lean closer, dear, for I must try,Though it should break my heart,To say the cruel word good-byeEre you and I do part.

"Yet hush! my darling, heard you notAn echo faint and far,From fairer futures half forgot,Beyond the evening star?

"Beyond the wondrous evening star,Where all is joy and peace,'T is there good-byes are faint and far,Where welcomes never cease."

"Lean closer, darling, I must speakSo very, very low."

"Beyond the wondrous evening star."

"Where welcomes never cease."