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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOCTURNE, by MARGARET LOUISA WOODS Poet's Biography
First Line: This is the place, / here shalt thou find
Last Line: Still in this place.
Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley
Subject(s): Ghosts; Love; Soul; Supernatural
First Line: This is the place, / here shalt thou find
Last Line: Still in this place.
Alternate Author Name(s): Woods, Mrs. Margaret Louisa Bradley
Subject(s): Ghosts; Love; Soul; Supernatural
THIS is the place,
Here shalt thou find
Heart, thy delight.
Only the wind,
Only the night
Deepening apace.
This is the place—
Roses of gold
Strewing the grass
Wane as of old,
Gleam where I pass;
Never thy face.
Dark is the place,
Sealed like a tomb.
Liest thou dead,
While in the gloom
Whence thou hast fled
Lampless I pace?
This is the place,
Why like a ghost,
Why do I come?
Seeking the lost,
Praying the dumb,
Senseless in chase
Here of a face
I shall elude
Never again—
I, the pursued,
Seeking in vain
Still in this place.
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