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The light comes back with Columbine; she brings
A touch of this, a little touch of that, / Coloured confetti, and a favour hat, / Patches, and powder, dolls that work by strings
And moons that work by switches, all the things
That please a sick man's fancy, and a flat
Spry convalescent kiss, and a small pat
Upon the pillow,-paper offerings.
The light goes out with her; the shadows sprawl.
Where she has left her fragrance like a shawl
I lie alone and pluck the counterpane, / Or on a dizzy elbow rise and hark-
And down like dominoes along the dark
Her little silly laughter spills again!