I Think of Thee (Draft)

Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy on unlined paper.

Editorial Note: This poem was originally written by Mary Baker Eddy in 1857 and was published in the April 2, 1904, issue of the Christian Science Sentinel and the April 1904 issue of The Christian Science Journal under the title “Constancy.” A note at the top indicated that it was “written many years ago.” It was later republished in Eddy’s book Poems.

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Composed in 1857

I Think Of Thee

By
Mary B G Eddy

When starlight melts to morning's hue I miss thee as the flower the dew When noonday's lengthening shadows flee I think of Thee I think of thee

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So evening memories reappear I watch thy chair and wish thee here Then sink to sleep with fancy free To dream of thee to dream of thee

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Since first we met;— through weal or woe

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152 Tremont St

BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts

10,50

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It hath been thus and must be so Till bursting bands This vision part And love divine hath filled my heart

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Composed in 1857

I Think Of Thee

Composed in 1857 By By
Mary B G Eddy

When starlight melts to morning's hue I miss thee as the flower the dew When noonday's lengthening shadows flee I think of Thee I think of thee

[*]Archival Note: There is a horizontal line drawn across the page here.

[?] Unclear or illegible So evening [?] Unclear or illegible memories reappear I watch thy chair and wish thee here Then [?] Unclear or illegible sink to sleep with fancy free To dream of thee to dream of thee

[*]Archival Note: There is a horizontal line drawn across the page here.

Since first we met;— through weal or woe

[*]Archival Note: The following text was added to the document by Eddy, disrupting the surrounding poem.Lyman F Bracket

152 Tremont St

BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts

1,50

10,50

[?] Unclear or illegible Throu 50 [*]Archival Note: End floating text.

It hath been thus and must be so Till bursting bands [?] Unclear or illegible This vision part And love divine hath filled my heart

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There is a horizontal line drawn across the page here. There is a horizontal line drawn across the page here. The following text was added to the document by Eddy, disrupting the surrounding poem. End floating text. Boston, Massachusetts