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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROOM'S WIDTH, by ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD Poet's Biography First Line: I think if I should cross the room Last Line: To cross the room? Alternate Author Name(s): Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart; Phelps, Mary Gray | |||
I THINK if I should cross the room, Far as fear; Should stand beside you like a thought -- Touch you, dear, Like a fancy, -- to your sad heart It would seem That my vision passed and prayed you, Or my dream. Then you would look with lonely eyes -- Lift your head -- And you would stir, and sigh, and say, "She is dead." Baffled by death and love, I lean Through the gloom. O Lord of life! am I forbid To cross the room? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GLOUCESTER HARBOR by ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD MALVERN HILL by ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD THE LOST COLORS by ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD THE PASSING OF THE EX-SLAVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SICILIAN EMIGRANT'S SONG by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS WRITTEN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DELIRIUM by WILLIAM COWPER KEEP A-PLUGGING AWAY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ON THE DEPARTURE PLATFORM by THOMAS HARDY THE SWING by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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