Old Chums
"If I die first," my old chum paused to say, "Mind! not a whimper of regret: - instead, Laugh and be glad, as I shall. - Being dead, I shall not lodge so very far away But that our mirth shall mingle. - So, the day The word comes, joy with me." "I'll try," I said, Though, even speaking, sighed and shook my head And turned, with misted eyes. His roundelay Rang gaily on the stair; and then the door Opened and - closed. . . . Yet something of the clear, Hale hope, and force of wholesome faith he had Abided with me - strengthened more and more. - Then - then they brought his broken body here: And I laughed - whisperingly - and we were glad.
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