Lady Emma Louise Phillips, "You" (1909)
Roses and violets were blooming by the way,
The tiny blue bells drank the dew,
The birds sang sweetly in the leafy boughs,
All nature was clad in bright array,
I walked with you.
To-day the world is dark and drear;
No roses and violets to greet me by the way.
The tiny bluebells are asleep,
The little birds have ceased to sing;
My heart is sad and lonely,
I walk alone.
Published in Colored American Magazine, May 1909