I Have Wandered to a Spring

Edna Wahlert McCourt

1887 to 1963

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As alone with my queer gladness,
The sweet quiet stirs about me—
True, I’m only half in earnest—I touch the cool, wet brim—
I’m glad he doesn’t see me,
He’d laugh if he could see me—
As I stoop to drink—to him.
I have wandered to a spring in the forest green and dim,
I stoop to drink—to him.
The water twinkles at me,
As I stoop to dip my cup,

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