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PRESENCE by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY

First Line: BY A SENSE OF PRESENCE, KEENLY
Last Line: KNEW HER DEAD.
Subject(s): PRESENCE;

BY a sense of Presence, keenly dear,
I, who thought her distant,
Knew her near.

By an echo that most sweetly woke,
I, long keyed to silence,
Knew she spoke.

By her nearness and the word she said,
I, who thought her living,
Knew her dead.



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