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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANOTHER WAY, by AMBROSE BIERCE Poet's Biography First Line: I lay in silence, dead. A woman came Last Line: I had more pleasure in the other dream. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
I LAY in silence, dead. A woman came And laid a rose upon my breast, and said, "May God be merciful." She spoke my name, And added, "It is strange to think him dead. "He loved me well enough, but 't was his way To speak it lightly." Then, beneath her breath: "Besides" -- I knew what further she would say, But then a footfall broke my dream of death. To-day the words are mine. I lay the rose Upon her breast, and speak her name, and deem It strange indeed that she is dead. God knows I had more pleasure in the other dream. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY |
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