I HAD never kissed her her whole life long, -- Now I stand by her bier does she feel How, with love that the waiting years made strong, I set on her lips my seal? Will she wear my kiss in the grave's long night, And wake sometimes with a thrill From dreams of the old life's missed delight, To feel that the grave is chill? "It was warm," will she say, "in that world above; It was warm, but I did not know How he loved me there, with his whole life's love -- It is cold, down here below." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VIRTUE [OR, VERTUE] by GEORGE HERBERT A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 2 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN ROBINSON CRUSOE by MOTHER GOOSE TO LADY ANNE HAMILTON by WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER THE PRINCESS: SONG by ALFRED TENNYSON MY ANGUISH by INNOKENTI FYODOROVICH ANNENSKY PSALM 57 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |