Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BLOW RETURNED, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER


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THE BLOW RETURNED, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I struck you once, I do remember well
Last Line: I struck you once—and now you're lying dead.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement
Subject(s): Love - Complaints


I STRUCK you once, I do remember well.
Hard on the track of passion sorrow sped,
And swift repentance, weeping for the blow;
I struck you once—and now you're lying dead!

Now you are gone the blow no longer sleeps
In your forgiveness hushed through all the years;
But like a phantom haunts me through the dark,
To cry, "You gave your own beloved tears."

Stript now of all excuses, stern and stark,
With all your small transgressings dimmed or fled,
The ghost returns the blow upon my heart.
I struck you once—and now you're lying dead.





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