Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Little Book of Modern Verse. 1917.
Robert Cameron Rogers
The Rosary
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Are as a string of pearls to me;
I count them over, every one apart,
My rosary.
To still a heart in absence wrung;
I tell each bead unto the end—and there
A cross is hung.
Oh, barren gain—and bitter loss!
I kiss each bead, and strive at last to learn
To kiss the cross,
Sweetheart,
To kiss the cross.