Quotes from D. M. Moir, "Casa Wappy"

We mourn for thee when blind, blank night The chamber fills; We pine for thee when morn's first light Reddens the hills; The sun, the moon, the stars, the sea, All, to the wall flower and wild pea, Are changed — we saw the world through thee...

Farewell, then, — for awhile, farewell — Pride of my heart! It cannot be that long we dwell, Thus torn apart; Time's shadows like the shuttle flee; And dark howe'er life's night may be, Beyond the grave I'll meet with thee...