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<h3 id="id00008" style="margin-top: 3em">THE MIRACLE</h3>
<h5 id="id00009">AND OTHER POEMS</h5>
<h5 id="id00010">BY VIRNA SHEARD</h5>
<p id="id00011">1913</p>
<h1 id="id00012" style="margin-top: 7em">TO MY DEAR BROTHER</h1>
<h5 id="id00013">ELDRIDGE STANTON (JUNIOR)</h5>
<h5 id="id00014">WHO DIED BRAVELY AT NIAGARA, ON THE AFTERNOON OF
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH, 1912.</h5>
<p id="id00015">No tears for thee, no tears, or sighs,<br/>
Or breaking heart—<br/>
But smiles, that thou so well that bitter hour<br/>
Didst play thy part!<br/></p>
<h5 id="id00016">VIRNA SHEARD.</h5>
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