I DO not know if they return—the dead ... @3One that I loved stood there ... beside my bed!@1 Was it delirium? It well might be! @3Or—did the dead come back ... to comfort me?@1 I cannot say I know that it was true ... @3The nurse said that I smiled and murmured, "You!"@1 The gates swung wide for me to enter in— The earth was darkened and the veil was thin! Behind the veil there shone the light of day, And I was eager—@3came a whisper, "Stay!"@1 Was it a dream? Ah, well, it may be so! @3The voice that whispered—one I used to know!@1 They said the nurse's face showed she had wept When dawn came—@3but they marveled, for I slept!@1 I do not know if they come back—the dead ... @3Some one stood there ... and whispered ... by my bed!@1 |