1588. Death at Daybreak by Anne Reeve Aldrich. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1588. Death at Daybreak

By Anne Reeve Aldrich


I SHALL go out when the light comes in—
There lie my cast-off form and face;
I shall pass Dawn on her way to earth,
As I seek for a path through space.

I shall go out when the light comes in;	5
Would I might take one ray with me!
It is blackest night between the worlds,
And how is a soul to see?