Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 290, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1910 — Fulfillment. [ARTICLE]

Fulfillment.

No, no. the falling blossom is no sign Of Toveliness destroyed and sorrow mute; The blossom sheds its loveliness divine; Its mission is to prophesy the fruit. Nor is the day of love forever dead. When young enchantment and romance are gone; The veil is drawn, but al! the future dread Is lightened by the finger of the dawn. Love moves with life along a darker way. They cast a shadow and they, call it death; But rich is the fulfillment of their day? The purer passion and the firmer faith. —George Meredith.