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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HER SHADOW, by ELIZABETH JONES PULLEN First Line: Still as I move thou movest Last Line: I, too, a shade! Alternate Author Name(s): Cavazza, Elizabeth | |||
STILL as I move thou movest, Sister of mine, silent and left of the light. Why dost thou follow my way All through the hours of the day? Where dost thou wait all the night For the coming of light? Is it then that thou lovest Me, that forever must stand between thee and the sun? For whose sake thy life is made The dim, cold life of a shade -- A life that, until it be done, Is unkissed of the sun. Hearken, I whisper a word -- Thy lips too part, yet breathless are they, without fire; My hands stretch forth, and they clasp Roses and lilies -- Gray ghosts of bloom, and desire Ashes for fire! Look how my veil is stirred By the beating beneath it -- thine too moves, ah, poor shade! What of warm life canst thou know? When I die where wilt thou go -- Wilt thou be lonely, afraid? I, too, a shade! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DERELICT by ELIZABETH JONES PULLEN LOVE AND POVERTY by ELIZABETH JONES PULLEN THE SEA-WEED by ELIZABETH JONES PULLEN THE WINE OF NIGHT by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE FUTURE LIFE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT A CRADLE SONG by PADRAIC COLUM THE MASTER-PLAYER by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR I DO NOT LOVE THEE by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON RECOMPENSE by DOROTHY MOORE ALFORD SONNET TO BRITAIN by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN |
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