Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXPERIENCE, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Poet's Biography First Line: The first time, when at night I went about Last Line: Such things the heart can bear and yet not break. Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D. Subject(s): Death; Love - Loss Of; Dead, The | ||||||||
The first time, when at night I went about Locking the doors and windows everywhere, After she died, I seemed to lock her out In the starred silence and the homeless air, And leave her waiting in her gentle way All through the night, till the disconsolate day, Upon the threshold, while we slept, awake: Such things the heart can bear and yet not break. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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