Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A PARTING, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT


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First Line: I will not wake you, dear; no tears shall creep
Last Line: "how could you let me sleep so long alone?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert
Subject(s): Farewell; Parting


I WILL not wake you, dear; no tears shall creep
To chill the still bed where you lie asleep;
No cry, no word, shall break the sanctity
Of the great silence where God lets you lie.
I will not tease your grave with flower or stone;
You are tired, my heart; you shall be left alone.
And even the kisses that my lips must lay
Upon the mould of the triumphant clay
Shall be so soft -- like those a mother lays
Upon her sleeping baby's little face --
You will not feel my kisses, will not hear;
You are tired: sleep on, I will not wake you, dear!
But when the good day comes, you will hear me cry,
"Ah, make a little place where I can lie!"
And half awakened, you will feel me creep
Into the folds of your familiar sleep,
And draw them round us, with a tender moan,
"How could you let me sleep so long alone?"






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