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For the sake of that , and for to-morrow , will you kiss me to-night ? '' Smiling , Barbara lifted her face and gave him her lips as simply and sweetly as a child . `` Good-night , '' she said , softly , but he could not answer , for , at the touch , the white fire burned in his blood and the white magic of life 's Maytime went , singing , through his soul . Barbara 's `` To-morrow '' The shimmering white silence of noon lay upon the land . Bees hummed in the clover , gorgeous butterflies floated drowsily over the meadows , and far in the blue distance a meadow-lark scattered his golden notes like rain upon the fields . -LSB- Sidenote : A Cold Shadow -RSB- The world teemed with life , and yet a cold shadow , as of approaching death , darkened the souls of two who walked together in the dusty road that led from the hills to the sea . The old man leaned heavily upon the arm of the younger , and his footsteps faltered .