Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GHOST, by MARGARET SACKVILLE Poet's Biography First Line: One night within the music hall Last Line: As though he had not been! Subject(s): Death; Ghosts; Supernatural; Dead, The | ||||||||
ONE night within the Music Hall, Beside me in a vacant place, I saw him sitting fair and tall, The light upon his face. Not changed.He smiled in the old way; I bent towards him, "So," I said, "You're back"then turned and watched the play, Forgetting he was dead. I saw him there without a doubt, But at the close of the next scene, He'd gone,just as a lamp goes out, As though he had not been! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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