Excerpt from The Missive: A Dramatic Poem Come, my Antigone; cease thy long sobs; Lay thy dear head upon my breast, my wife, As thou wast wont to do in the old days When thou and I were all in all; we two Who never thought a third would come with hands To hold our hearts within their tender clasp; Only to leave a void larger than death. Dost mind thee of that day he lisped a word, - The tender word oi Mother - and content He clasped his arms around thy neck, sinking His head within the soft curve of thy chin; And thou, ...
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Excerpt from The Missive: A Dramatic Poem Come, my Antigone; cease thy long sobs; Lay thy dear head upon my breast, my wife, As thou wast wont to do in the old days When thou and I were all in all; we two Who never thought a third would come with hands To hold our hearts within their tender clasp; Only to leave a void larger than death. Dost mind thee of that day he lisped a word, - The tender word oi Mother - and content He clasped his arms around thy neck, sinking His head within the soft curve of thy chin; And thou, supreme in thy young Motherhood Didst call. Theophilus, already he Has learned the trick of nestling close to me As I to thee! I wonder if he knows The heart-beats throbbing 'gainst his own, as I Do thine? - Come, lay thy head here now, - where thou Canst feel my pulses beating while I speak; For I have that to say which thou must hear! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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