A half-hour more and you will lean To gather me close in the old sweet way -- But oh, to the woman over the sea Who will come at the close of day? A half-hour more and I will hear The key in the latch and the strong, quick tread -- But oh, the woman over the sea Waiting at dusk for one who is dead! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JONAS KEENE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS A FOOL, A FOUL THING, A DISTRESSFUL LUNATIC by MARIANNE MOORE SONNET (6) by GEORGE SANTAYANA WEDDING BED IN MANGKUTANA by KAREN SWENSON |