Spirit girl to whom 'twas given <br />To revisit scenes of pain, <br />From the hell I thought was Heaven <br />You have lifted me again; <br />Through the world that I inherit, <br />Where I loved her ere she died, <br />I am walking with the spirit <br />Of a dead girl by my side. <br /> <br />Through my old possessions only <br />For a very little while, <br />And they say that I am lonely, <br />And they pity, but I smile: <br />For the brighter side has won me <br />By the calmness that it brings, <br />And the peace that is upon me <br />Does not come of earthly things. <br /> <br />Spirit girl, the good is in me, <br />But the flesh you know is weak, <br />And with no pure soul to win me <br />I might miss the path I seek; <br />Lead me by the love you bore me <br />When you trod the earth with me, <br />Till the light is clear before me <br />And my spirit too is free.<br /><br />Henry Lawson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-hannah/
