Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE RETURN, by KATHARINE TYNAN


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THE RETURN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I rested in your easy chair
Last Line: I was quite sure I felt your smile.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Comfort; Daughters; Death; Fathers; Legacies; Love; Dead, The


I RESTED in your easy chair,
Slept in your late-abandoned bed
And felt your pleasure everywhere,
A benediction on my head,
Through sleep and waking: all the while
I was quite sure I felt your smile.

I knelt and laid my cheek upon
The cushions that you lately pressed;
All your familiar things forgone
Took to my own use and behest,
Quite sure your spirit leant to bless
Your daughter in that loneliness.

I sat beside your fire aglow,
In the dim hours 'twixt night and day,
And knew you would be glad to know,
You who gave everything away—
I had your old room, sweet and warm,
Safe from the winter night and storm.

I slept, I rose, I rested there;
My thoughts, my dreams were still and glad.
The dear room kept its happy air
As in the golden years we had;
And sleeping, waking, all the while
I was quite sure I felt your smile.





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