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To Mrs. A. Baker / I was a barren tree before, / I blew a quenchèd coal, / I could not, on their midnight shore, / The lonely blind console.
A moment, lend your hand, I bring / My sheaf for you to bind, / And you can teach my words to sing / In the darkness of the blind.
Vailima, December 1893.
Song / Light foot and tight foot, / And green grass spread, / Early in the morning, / But hope is on ahead.
Brief day and bright day, / And sunset red, / Early in the evening, / The stars are overhead.