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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FABLE, by RUBY FRANCE ALDRIDGE First Line: I heard you singing Last Line: Was in my face, like a great amen. | |||
I heard you singing, And cool, cool hands Pressed down my fevered thoughts. I heard you weeping, And pain, like a slim Stiletto, ate into my heart. I heard you praying, And the breath of God Was in my face, like a great Amen. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTENTMENT, AFTER THE MANNER OF HORACE by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY A WIFE IN LONDON by THOMAS HARDY IN HOSPITAL: 23. MUSIC by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY ON BEING BROUGHT FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA by PHILLIS WHEATLEY YOUTH, DAY, OLD AGE AND NIGHT by WALT WHITMAN |
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