O God, my dream! I dreamed that you were dead;
Your mother hung above the couch and wept
Whereon you lay all white, and garlanded
With blooms of waxen whiteness. I had crept
Up to your chamber-door, which stood ajar,
And in the doorway watched you from afar,
Nor dared advance to kiss your lips and brow.
I had no part nor lot in you, as now;
Death had not broken between us the old bar;
Nor torn from out my heart the old, cold sense
Of your misprision and my impotence.
On The Threshold
Amy Levy
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Poem topics: death, dream, god, heart, kiss, mother, doorway, white, sense, door, cold, broken, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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