One Sister have I in our house

One Sister have I in our house
And one, a hedge away.
There's only one recorded,
But both belong to me.

One came the road that I came�
And wore my last year's gown�
The other, as a bird her nest,
Builded our hearts among.

She did not sing as we did�
It was a different tune�
Herself to her a music
As Bumble bee of June.

Today is far from Childhood�
But up and down the hills
I held her hand the tighter�
Which shortened all the miles�

And still her hum
The years among,
Deceives the Butterfly;
Still in her Eye
The Violets lie
Mouldered this many May.

I spilt the dew�
But took the morn�
I chose this single star
From out the wide night's numbers�
Sue�forevermore!