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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIRST ANNIVERSARY, by MIRIAM ALLEN DEFORD First Line: A year ago tonight I did not lie alone Last Line: But morning came. | |||
A year ago tonight I did not lie alone. I felt your pulses beat, your flesh and bone Against my own. A year ago tonight I saw your heart-lit eyes, Blue with that beauty pain could not disguise, Or grief surprise. A year ago tonight I heard you speak my name. My spirit had a home, my being an aim. But morning came. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ESSENCE by MIRIAM ALLEN DEFORD THE MUSICMAKER'S CHILD by MIRIAM ALLEN DEFORD TRAVELLER'S DUTY by MIRIAM ALLEN DEFORD THE ALTAR by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ORANGUTAN REHAB by KAREN SWENSON AN INVITE TO ETERNITY by JOHN CLARE AT CANDLE-LIGHTIN' TIME by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE WORLD by FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER ODES II, 14 by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS |
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