Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DEAD, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: Not till my spirit's naked and ashamed
Last Line: And free of flesh, would I approach the dead.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


Not till my Spirit's naked and ashamed,
And free of mortal flesh, would I desire
To sit in close communion with the dead.
I would not hear a friend exclaim in ire –
'When I was poor and kept your borrowed money,
You sulked and let our blood go cold and thin.'

I would not sit and hear a woman say –
'What do you want with me, poor child of sin;
Where did you hide your face for ten long years –
The face I missed beside my dying bed?'
Not till my Spirit's naked and ashamed,
And free of flesh, would I approach the dead.





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