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On the eve of the 6th, Steve Early showed sketches which

Wrought my soul to tears, leaving me reeling between visions,

grief and mourning.

Oh, my darling, I now live grief and mourning.

The former may never totally abate, the latter needs must

be lived through.

Would have hocked much for both paintings that called but

Mourning was taken, as well it should be, leaving grief ever soft

In my soul.

painting by Stephen Early; however he names it, I call it: "Grief".