FLOWERS FROM THE HEART

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Nostalgia... - I

Dedicated to John and Alda.

So early of this life you left!
Leaving great sorrow in your home.
The implacable destiny took you
In a whirl of pains crying.

What minds the sorrow! The storm,
If the calm comes to rock us?
The pardon, merciful God for kindness
He grants to the poor children for loving...

In a dawn of resplendent light,
Your spirit one day will be.
And then, jubilant and smiling,
In the arms the Lord will take you.

And happy, we all together will enjoy
The happiness in our hearts.
An aureole of roses we will find
In the pathway of great perfections.

17th - 4 - 1949.