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To Katherine with Love,

She was a lady of the river

With kindness in her eyes

And beauty in her smile

I had journeyed to the Rogue

Not knowing what to expect

A stranger to the land

And the people not yet met

Will she ever understand

that she had opened this locked heart

Of the joy and wonder that

Came bubbling forth like the

Waters of some mountain spring

And yet I could not find the words

To tell her of the wondrous change

That she had wrought in me

To soon came that last embrace

And an O' so fleeting kiss

The memories of those days and nights

Will stay with me forever

And when our paths do cross again

I will surely tell her this

Thank you Thank you Thank you

From the bottom of my heart

And the center of my soul