"Laura Lee"

Rented Office July 28/51 [vertical in left margin]
[?] Monday [date?]
When life was in its morning
 With raptures running wild
And with each days returning
 A new born spring time smiled
When hearts were light and youthful
 And voics glad and free
When vows of love were truthful
 I loved thee Laura Lee
  {that}
Alas {the} calls of duty
 {Should rend} 
 {That ? love        } our souls apart
{and rifle} 
{Hath rifled} of its beauty
 Thy once confiding heart
While on thy words I ponder
  charm
 They breathe no joy  for me
There bloom of youthful candor
 Hath faded Laura Lee
 {lest } may have
Yet {though} thy lips ^ may faltered
 I'll turn unto thy smile
  should be hath
And if that smile ^ should ^  altered
 Thine eyes may know no guile
 { in }
 while {through} 
Thus if in any token The spell remains unbroken
 Thyine early truth I see  I love thee Laura Lee