Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF ONCE, JUST ONCE, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why do I never see you in my dreams? Last Line: If once, just once, you would come back to me. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
WHY do I never see you in my dreams? The lips are cold that you no longer kiss; And missing you, the Universe I miss. The far stars lure me with evasive gleams, But no new Joy the dead Past's pledge redeems. Though you have found a larger world than this, Can you not spare one hour from that wide bliss? Why do I never see you in my dreams? One little touch, and I should know you near, -- One whispered word would wake my soul from sleep, And all I thought was dead, alive would be, Saved from the blank forgetfulness I fear, -- Immortal then your image I could keep, If once, just once, you would come back to me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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