Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LATE VISITOR, by CLARA HYDE First Line: The charwoman laid down her mop Last Line: Left no footprint there. | ||||||||
The charwoman laid down her mop. The office clock waited With hands abated. Strange, she should stop, Resurgently drop The slippery soap. Why should she kneel Vised like steel? Her smile was silly And set. The stilly Silence was unbroken, No word was spoken; Yet, strange rustling proved Soft shadows moved -- Listened to catch An opened latch. Tensely there surged Pity for her Whose life had hedged A twisted banister. And He who passed the scrubbed marble stair Left no footprint there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ONE DEPARTS EARLY by CLARA HYDE UNDER A GARDEN STONE by CLARA HYDE SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 2 by CONRAD AIKEN MADMAN OF THE SOUTH SIDE by CLARENCE MAJOR THE LITTLE BEACH BIRD by RICHARD HENRY DANA (1787-1879) IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE BOBBIN-WINDER by JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH ARCHER HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 34 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH LINES TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, ON DEATH OF EARL OF GLENCAIRN by ROBERT BURNS |
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