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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RETURN, by OSCAR WILLIAMS First Line: In some far and lonely midnight Last Line: Lead me out of the room. | |||
In some far and lonely midnight I shall arise as in a dream, And part dark curtains on a strange room Where mysterious candles gleam. I shall open an unknown book In that weird and wind-stirred place, And come upon a poem With a sad face. I shall listen to my dead heart's cry Faint through the years that are gone, And I shall feel over my shoulder The Silence looking on. And very softly he will touch me, And I shall turn toward the gloom; He will take my arm and quietly Lead me out of the room. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GOLDEN FLEECE by OSCAR WILLIAMS THE SPIRIT OF THE NORTH by OSCAR WILLIAMS THE WILLOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON TO A DEAD MAN by CARL SANDBURG THE ENGLISH GRAVEYARD IN MALACCA by KAREN SWENSON BOADICEA; AN ODE by WILLIAM COWPER THE RHYME OF SIR LAUNCELOT BOGLE; A LEGEND OF GLASGOW by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN OUTWARDS AND HOMEWARDS by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON HOLLYWOOD NOCTURNE by JANE BOWER |
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