Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EXPERIENCE, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS



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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.





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