Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I DO NOT KNOW, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY


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First Line: I do not know if they return -- the dead
Last Line: Some one stood there ... And whispered ... By my bed!
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


I DO not know if they return—the dead ...
One that I loved stood there ... beside my bed!

Was it delirium? It well might be!
Or—did the dead come back ... to comfort me?

I cannot say I know that it was true ...
The nurse said that I smiled and murmured, "You!"

The gates swung wide for me to enter in—
The earth was darkened and the veil was thin!

Behind the veil there shone the light of day,
And I was eager—came a whisper, "Stay!"

Was it a dream? Ah, well, it may be so!
The voice that whispered—one I used to know!

They said the nurse's face showed she had wept
When dawn came—but they marveled, for I slept!

I do not know if they come back—the dead ...
Some one stood there ... and whispered ... by my bed!





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