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Before The Tomb |
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Title: Before The Tomb Author: Madison Julius Cawein [More Titles by Cawein] The way went under cedared gloom I had an hour of night and thin A gleam, like moonlight, through a square And on its oval silver-plate There was no insect sound to chirr; The gleam stole downward from her head, "God to her love lent a weak reed There was no night-bird's twitter near, The gleam, that made a burning mark I had a little while to wait; There was no light below, above, [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |