'I STOOD at the back of the shop, my dear, But you did not perceive me. Well, when they deliver what you were shown I shall know nothing of it, believe me!' And he coughed and coughed as she paled and said, 'O, I didn't see you come in there - Why couldn't you speak?' - 'Well, I didn't. I left That you should not notice I'd been there. 'You were viewing some lovely things. "Soon required For a widow, of latest fashion;" And I knew 'twould upset you to meet the man Who had to be cold and ashen 'And screwed in a box before they could dress you "In the last new note in mourning," As they defined it. So, not to distress you, I left you to your adorning.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE NEW APOCRYPHA: THE FIG TREE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE SEA-GRAVE by SARA TEASDALE HAIL COLUMBIA by JOSEPH HOPKINSON THE COLISEUM by EDGAR ALLAN POE THE SKY-GYPSY by WALTER BARDECK ON A SMALL DOG by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |