弗朗西丝·艾伦·沃特金斯

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一个小孩子可以带领他们

只有一小片蓝色,被爱护地保存着,但对我来说,地球没有比这更明亮、更美丽的色彩了。烈性酒,像一个狂暴的恶魔,把手放在我心上,当我的爱人加入了忠诚军团的乐队。但是神秘的天使把我心爱的宝贝孩子带走了,在生命的黑暗和暴风雨的道路上掀起了狂暴的痛苦的波浪。当她躺在她的小棺材里享受最后的甜蜜休息时,我们把这枚忠诚军团的徽章放在她的胸前。戴上那枚徽章,作为她热切渴望的象征,所以我们把它放在她的胸前,在坟墓里戴着它。在那里,悲伤永远不会到达她,刺耳的话语也不会击中她的耳朵;她的眼睛在死亡朦胧的睡眠中也不会流出一滴眼泪。“这个徽章是什么意思?”她的父亲说。当我们给她讲故事的时候,她说:“别把它放进坟墓里。”我们从她胸前取下徽章,放在椅子上; And men by drink deluded Knelt by that badge in prayer. And vowed in that hour of sorrow From drink they would abstain; And this little badge became the wedge Which broke their galling chain. And lifted the gloomy shadows That overspread my life, And flooding my home with gladness, Made me a happy wife. And this is why this scrap of blue Is precious in my sight; It changed my sad and gloomy home From darkness into light.