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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DUSK IN WAR TIME, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: A half-hour more and you will lean
Last Line: Waiting at dusk for one who is dead!
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): War
First Line: A half-hour more and you will lean
Last Line: Waiting at dusk for one who is dead!
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): War
A half-hour more and you will lean
To gather me close in the old sweet way --
But oh, to the woman over the sea
Who will come at the close of day?
A half-hour more and I will hear
The key in the latch and the strong, quick tread --
But oh, the woman over the sea
Waiting at dusk for one who is dead!
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