Met But To Part

“I never thought that you and I

Would part so soon;

When first we met, a! happy day,

I clung to you for hours, my teeth

Imbedded in your blond-like hair!

But soon they took us off, afar,

Unto a costly chamber, where,

They sat us down, and soon we knew

That we had only met to part;

To meet to part, and nothing more.”

Such were the words

That young Alphonso Comb

Addressed to Angeline Brush.

April 17, 1896

Camb. Press,

Aug. 14, ‘97