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THE GHOST by KATHARINE TYNAN

Poem Explanation

First Line: SINCE YOU I LOVED ARE LOST
Last Line: AND THE COCKS BOTH WHITE AND RED.
Subject(s): DEATH; GHOSTS; LONGING; LOSS; LOVE; SUPERNATURAL; DEAD, THE;

SINCE you I loved are lost
And all my hopes are vain,
Then come to me, a lonely ghost,
Out of the night and rain.

Oh, come to me a ghost
And sit beside my fire.
I shall not fear you, loved and lost
And still my heart's desire.

Oh, come to me again
When stars are bright and keen,
Oh, come and tap on the window-pane
And I will let you in.

Eagerly will I come
And set the window wide;
And bid you welcome to your home
And to your own fireside.

Oh, come, belovèd ghost,
When stars lean on the hill:
And I will warm you from the frost
And from the night-wind chill.

You shall forget the grave,
And I forget to weep:
Since the old comfort we shall have
To lull us into sleep.

@3Fear!@1 Is it fear of you,
And on my breast your head?
I shall but fear the dawning new,
And the cocks both white and red.



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