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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAS EWIG-WEIBLICHE, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE
First Line: Last night I saw thee gliding to my bed
Last Line: "mother, and wife, and sister,—one in three!"
Subject(s): Comfort; Death - Mothers; Sleep; Women; Dead, The
First Line: Last night I saw thee gliding to my bed
Last Line: "mother, and wife, and sister,—one in three!"
Subject(s): Comfort; Death - Mothers; Sleep; Women; Dead, The
LAST night I saw thee gliding to my bed
So gently, mother, to caress my brow
With all the old compassion,—"Darling, now
Is nothing wrong. Sleep, and be comforted!"
And I laid hold upon thine hand, and pled
Thou wouldst not leave me, till—I know not how—
Buried in peace I slept, the while that thou
Wert there beside me, not among the dead.
I woke and found thee vanished, yet I feel
A sense that will not vanish of a hand
Still clasping mine, and on my lips the seal
Of a high matter, hard to understand,—
A touch, a kiss, a whisper'd word to me:
"Mother, and wife, and sister,—one in three!"
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