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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEBT[S], by JESSIE BELL RITTENHOUSE Poet's Biography First Line: My debt to you, beloved, / is one I cannot pay Last Line: When all the songs were mute? Alternate Author Name(s): Scollard, Clinton, Mrs. Subject(s): Desire; Love | |||
My debt to you, Beloved, Is one I cannot pay In any coin of any realm On any reckoning day; For where is he shall figure The debt, when all is said, To one who makes you dream again When all the dreams were dead? Or where is the appraiser Who shall the claim compute Of one who makes you sing again When all the songs were mute? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A NIGHTINGALE AT FRESNOY by JESSIE BELL RITTENHOUSE |
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