Pierrette in Memory

By William Griffith

1876-1936

Pierrette has gone, but it was not
         Exactly that she died,
So much as vanished and forgot
         To tell where she would hide.

To keep a sudden rendezvous,
         It came into her mind
That she was late. What could she do
         But leave distress behind?

Afraid of being in disgrace,
         And hurrying to dress,
She heard there was another place
         In need of loveliness.

She went so softly and so soon,
         She hardly made a stir;
But going took the stars and moon
         And sun away with her.

DayPoems Poem No. 1503
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