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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN SHE COMES HOME, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When she comes home again! A thousand ways Last Line: Again is hidden in the old embrace. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Home; Kisses; Love; Tears | |||
WHEN she comes home again! A thousand ways I fashion, to myself, the tenderness Of my glad welcome: I shall tremble -- yes; And touch her, as when first in the old days I touched her girlish hand, nor dared upraise Mine eyes, such was my faint heart's sweet distress. Then silence: and the perfume of her dress: The room will sway a little, and a haze Cloy eyesight -- soulsight, even -- for a space; And tears -- yes; and the ache here in the throat; To know that I so ill deserve the place Her arms make for me; and the sobbing note I stay with kisses, ere the tearful face Again is hidden in the old embrace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BANGLA DESH: 2. THE BLOOD IN MY EYES by FAIZ AHMED FAIZ TIME ROCKING ON by ANSELM HOLLO TEARS AND KISSES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOMESDAY BOOK: GEORGE JOSLIN ON LA MENKEN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS HOW FAR IS IT TO THE LAND WE LEFT? by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE TEARS FALL IN MY HEART by PAUL VERLAINE A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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