THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY. A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. VOL. XXI.-JANUARY, 1868. NO. CXXIII. THE WIFE. AN IDYL OF BEARCAMP WATER. A LONG the roadside, like the flowers of gold No time is this for hands long overworn To task their strength; and (unto Him be praise Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by TICKNOR AND FIELDS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. [January, 2 The Wife. Have ceased, and we can draw our breath once more Make glad their nooning underneath the elms Proud of field lore and harvest-craft, and feeling Without an atmosphere, I fain would see And life-long benediction. With the rocks And woods and mountain valleys which have been In life's best moments, I would leave some sign, When I am but a name and memory, That I have loved them. Haply, in the years Whispered upon some breezy balcony Fronting the hills, or where the lake in the moon Of Boaz, even this little lay of mine |