Monday, March 9, 2015

One Thing Missing



I found it on the table
     When I came in to-night;
And, now, tho’ scarcely able,
     A line I would indite.
All, now, you say, is ended.
     You’ve sent me everything;
With “thanks in full”, extended,
     In tones that pierce and sting.

I ope with trembling fingers,
     And look the treasures o’er;
A sort of presence lingers
     Around the gems you wore.
Yes; here is every token,
     The trifles, with the dear; –
But, Oh! the heart you’ve broken,
     I do not find it here!



March 9, 1895
Pub. in Boston Courier,

April 7, 1895 

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