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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LEAVE-TAKING: 2, by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE Poet's Biography First Line: Your hand in mine for a space Last Line: And you -- well, the red rose white. Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation | |||
YOUR hand in mine for a space, Through a brief living sigh; The red rose white in your face, And a swift good-bye. One moment! ah, could it be Life's veriest depth and height! The death of my soul for me -- And you -- well, the red rose white. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN SCINTILLA by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |
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