Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PASSING OF A SOUL, by CHARLES HENRY MACKINTOSH


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First Line: Who whispers in the ivy?
Last Line: "to whisper back ""farewell!"
Subject(s): Soul


Who whispers in the ivy?
Who murmurs at the door?
The spirit of the well-beloved
Who may return no more!

And that -- upon the window --
A gust of sudden rain?
The tears of one who longs for you.
It will not come again.

Hark! -- Was that, from the silence,
The echo of a bell?
One pauses on the outward path
To whisper back "Farewell!"





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