Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A CRY, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON


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First Line: O wanderer in unknown lands, what cheer?
Last Line: So thou and I shall triumph over death!
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


O WANDERER in unknown lands, what cheer?
How dost thou fare on thy mysterious way?
What strange light breaks upon thy distant day,
Yet leaves me lonely in the darkness here?
Oh, bide no longer in that far-off sphere:
Though all Heaven's cohorts should thy footsteps stay,
Break through their splendid, militant array,
And answer to my call, O dead and dear!

I shall not fear thee, howsoe'er thou come;
Thy coldness will not chill, though Death is cold;
A touch, and I shall know thee, -- or a breath;
Speak the old, well-known language, or be dumb;
Only come back! Be near me as of old;
So thou and I shall triumph over Death!





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