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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LATE VISIT, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER
First Line: The words were lost and then the voices failed
Last Line: And grateful draw the sod about the shoulder.
Subject(s): Death; Ghosts; Spiritual Life; Supernatural; Dead, The
First Line: The words were lost and then the voices failed
Last Line: And grateful draw the sod about the shoulder.
Subject(s): Death; Ghosts; Spiritual Life; Supernatural; Dead, The
The words were lost and then the voices failed,
The footsteps dwindled to the pattering tread
Of a merry little horse, and silence staled
The walls again. I lay upon my bed
Knowing that so the sounds of life withdrew
From those who die; so left alone and colder
They reach as I, for the blanket's faded blue,
And grateful draw the sod about the shoulder.
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