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THE VISITOR by JOHN COWPER POWYS

First Line: FORGET? I HAD FORGOTTEN
Last Line: IF SHE'S TO COME NO MORE.
Subject(s): CANDLES; DEATH; FORGETFULNESS; HEARTS; DEAD, THE;

Forget? I had forgotten --
Little the use!
A feather in the doorway --
The flood is loose.

Forget? I had forgotten.
No candle burns.
A leaf within the doorway --
The dead returns.

Forget? I had forgotten.
Nail up the door!
You should nail up my heart
If she's to come no more.



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