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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LETTER TO MARY, by MABEL KINGSLEY RICHARDSON First Line: Unto the white narcissus that you sent Last Line: Refuse the door to death lest you slip through. Subject(s): Christmas; Parties; Nativity, The | |||
Unto the white narcissus that you sent, Offering its timorous cheer at Christmas tide, A new and tender radiance is lent Since came the message saying you have died. There in the windowhow you loved the light I set it where the morning sun shines first, So like your happy face, star-eyed and bright With wonder. Like you for life athirst. Last night at dusk you passed me in the street, I turnedbut there was no one there to call; And once the breakfast room grew swooning sweet With the remembered fragrance of your shawl. Almost I heard your step upon the stair, The silken frou-frou of your party dress, And in the shadow once your heavy hair Fell as it would, cloaking your loveliness. Not yet; perhaps when this your flower is dust I may admit that what they tell is true. But while your white narcissus blooms I must Refuse the door to death lest you slip through. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIFFERENT VIEWS; A CHRISMAS DUET by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS by AMBROSE BIERCE CHRISTMAS IN CHINATOWN by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ISAIAH'S COAL by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL ARGUMENTS by MABEL KINGSLEY RICHARDSON |
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