| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1569. Her Music |
| | | By Martha Gilbert Dickinson |
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| IT trembled off the keys,—a parting kiss | |
| So sweet,—the angel slept upon his sword | |
| As through the gate of Paradise we swept,— | |
| Partakers of creation’s primal bliss! | |
| —The air was heavy with the breath | 5 |
| Of violets and love till death.— | |
| Forgetful of eternal banishment— | |
| Deep down the dusk of passion-haunted ways, | |
| Lost in the dreaming alchemies of tone,— | |
| Drenched in the dew no other wings frequent, | 10 |
| —Our thirsting hearts drank in the breath | |
| Of violets and love in death.— | |
| There was no world, no flesh, no boundary line,— | |
| Spirit to spirit,—chord and dissonance, | |
| Beyond the jealousy of space or time | 15 |
| Her life in one low cry broke over mine! | |
| —The waking angel drew a shuddering breath | |
| Of violets and love and death. | |
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