Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A GHOST, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON


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First Line: Today I entertained a ghost
Last Line: As make live men.
Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs.
Subject(s): Apathy; Ghosts; Supernatural


TO-DAY I entertained a ghost --
And yet he came in live man's guise,
With ready hands to greet his host,
And living eyes.
I touched his hand and watched his smile,
I answered to the words he said,
And marveled, knowing all the while,
The man was dead.

For I had known him quick indeed,
With life of tears and life of mirth,
A living heart to beat and bleed,
A thing of earth.
And even I had watched him die
Seeing these live things quitting him,
As when a soul goes quietly
And eyes grow dim.

But this ghost looked with living eyes,
And this ghost's hand was warm to touch.
Perchance had I not been so wise,
Knowing too much,
I had not guessed what horror springs
When these unliving walk again,
Bereft of love and hate -- such things
As make live men.





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