Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUDDENLY, by LEONORA SPEYER


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First Line: Suddenly flickered a flame
Last Line: God, the slow withering!
Subject(s): Love - Complaints


Suddenly flickered a flame,
Suddenly fluttered a wing:
What, can a dead bird sing?
Somebody spoke your name.

Suddenly fluttered a wing,
Sounded a voice, the same,
Somebody spoke your name:
Oh, the remembering!

Sounded a voice, the same,
Song of the heart's green spring,
Oh, the remembering:
Which of us was to blame?

Song of the heart's green spring,
Wings that still flutter, lame,
Which of us was to blame? --
God, the slow withering!





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