Accession: A10009
Editorial Title: Poem by Mary Baker Eddy, May 13, 1867
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Date: May 13, 1867
Manuscript Description: Handwritten poem by Mary Baker Eddy on unlined paper from Taunton, Massachusetts.
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While neath them moan like ocean-shell The faithful flowing brooks; When sunshine beautifies the shower Like smiles through teardropsAs Written:tear drops seen, Ask of its spring, the waiting heart, What hath the record been?

And frozen founts from springtideAs Written:spring-tide hours Buried As Written: Burried in bygoneAs Written:bye gone years, Like floods from icebound fetters freed, Gush to the eyes in tears! Those unforgotten melodies Wherein the soul had part, Have perished young, like things of earth, Are records of the heart.

Thus glad young Spring, these shadowy forms Come with Thy birds and bloom, Thus ever o'er the waste of time Joy follows to the tomb; Then let our fond hearts anchor where We meet no more to part - The cherished ones of earth, O! Spring, what wakest thou in my heart?

A10009
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Reproduced from the archive of The Mary Baker Eddy Library

While neath them moan like ocean-shell The faithful flowing brooks; When sunshine beautifies the shower Like smiles through tear dropsCorrected:teardrops seen, Ask of its spring, the waiting heart, What hath the record been?

And frozen founts from spring-tideCorrected:springtide hours Burried Corrected: Buried in bye goneCorrected:bygone years, Like floods from icebound fetters freed, Gush to the eyes in tears! Those unforgotten melodies Wherein the soul had part, Have perished young, like things of earth, Are written records onf the heart.

[?] Unclear or illegible  Thus glad young Spring, these shadowy forms Come with Thy birds and bloom, Thus ever o'er the wa [?] Unclear or illegible ste of time Joy follows to the tomb; Then let our fond hearts anchor where We meet no more to part - The cherished ones of earth, O! Spring, what wakest thou in my heart?

 
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