She made a little shadow-hidden grave,
     The day Faith died;
Therein she laid it, heard the clod�s sick fall,
    And smiled aside~
�If less I ask,� tear-blind, she mocked, �I may
     Be less denied.�

She set a rose to blossom in her hair,
     The day Faith died~
�Now glad,� she said, �and free at last, I go,
      And life is wide.�
But through long night she stared into the dark,
      And knew she lied.


The Dead Faith
Fannie Heaslip Lea
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