Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RETURN, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poet's Biography First Line: I rested in your easy chair Last Line: I was quite sure I felt your smile. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Comfort; Daughters; Death; Fathers; Legacies; Love; Dead, The | ||||||||
I RESTED in your easy chair, Slept in your late-abandoned bed And felt your pleasure everywhere, A benediction on my head, Through sleep and waking: all the while I was quite sure I felt your smile. I knelt and laid my cheek upon The cushions that you lately pressed; All your familiar things forgone Took to my own use and behest, Quite sure your spirit leant to bless Your daughter in that loneliness. I sat beside your fire aglow, In the dim hours 'twixt night and day, And knew you would be glad to know, You who gave everything away I had your old room, sweet and warm, Safe from the winter night and storm. I slept, I rose, I rested there; My thoughts, my dreams were still and glad. The dear room kept its happy air As in the golden years we had; And sleeping, waking, all the while I was quite sure I felt your smile. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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