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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BESIDE A BIER, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I had never kissed her her whole life long
Last Line: "it is cold, down here below."
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Graves; Love; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: I had never kissed her her whole life long
Last Line: "it is cold, down here below."
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Graves; Love; Tombs; Tombstones
I HAD never kissed her her whole life long, --
Now I stand by her bier does she feel
How, with love that the waiting years made strong,
I set on her lips my seal?
Will she wear my kiss in the grave's long night,
And wake sometimes with a thrill
From dreams of the old life's missed delight,
To feel that the grave is chill?
"It was warm," will she say, "in that world above;
It was warm, but I did not know
How he loved me there, with his whole life's love --
It is cold, down here below."
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