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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROOM'S WIDTH, by ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD Poet's Biography First Line: I think if I should cross the room Last Line: To cross the room? Alternate Author Name(s): Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart; Phelps, Mary Gray | |||
I THINK if I should cross the room, Far as fear; Should stand beside you like a thought -- Touch you, dear, Like a fancy, -- to your sad heart It would seem That my vision passed and prayed you, Or my dream. Then you would look with lonely eyes -- Lift your head -- And you would stir, and sigh, and say, "She is dead." Baffled by death and love, I lean Through the gloom. O Lord of life! am I forbid To cross the room? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GLOUCESTER HARBOR by ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD MALVERN HILL by ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD THE LOST COLORS by ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD MY FAMILIAR DREAM by PAUL VERLAINE HUGH SELWYN MAUBERLEY: 6. YEUX GLAUQUES by EZRA POUND THE MERMAID by ALFRED TENNYSON SHADOWS IN THE WATER by THOMAS TRAHERNE TIME'S REVENGE by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS WRITTEN IN IRELAND by MARY (CUMBERLAND) ALCOCK |
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