When you lay before me dead,
In such pallid rest,
On those passive lips of thine
Not one kiss I pressed!
Did you wonder—looking down
From some higher sphere—
Knowing how we two had loved
Many and many a year?
Did you think me strange and cold
When I did not touch,
Even with reverent finger-tips,
What I had loved so much?
Ah! when last you kissed me, dear,
Know you what you said?
"Take this last kiss, my beloved,
Soon shall I be dead!
"Keep it for a solemn sign
Through our love's long night,
Till you give it back again
On some morning bright."
So I gave you no caress;
But, remembering this,
Warm upon my lips I keep
Your last living kiss!
Leave a guest comment (subject to review)
Comments
1 - 13 of 13
-
-
-
error in date for Julia Caroline Ripley Door
From guest Claudette Riggio Hooper (contact)
In the short biography, under her photo, the "date written" indicates "2005." This is incorrect. She lived between 1825 - 1913. That said, I love your web site. Thank you. -
WOW
That is really good. -
Ohhh I love this. It really describes this feeling well.
-
oh wow. this was so beautiful. i loved this poem. awesome format and word choice. so smooth. such a relaxing and sad poem if that makes any sense. i really liked this poem. awesome write.
peace and love
<3
-ashley -
This is a awesome write,not the run of the mill love poem.
wow did you do good on this,THANKS for the very good read. -
This is a very beautiful piece... Thank you to whomever featured it!!! I'm really glad I read this poem!!! Thank you again!!!
Beth -
The first line was almost startling, not a traditonal way for starting a love poem but it evolves as you make your way through it. I loved how it ended, almost signifying she expects to see him in Heaven, thus "Your last living kiss" will not actually be the last.
-
It is really nice. Very welcoming as I read it in a true sense of the word. Why have you used exclamation marks? I mean I like them also but they just make me jump when I read a piece with them in it. Not a negative thing just an observation of mine. Anyway, this piece really allowed me to dig deep within it. Well done. TOny.
-
thanks for posting this . I remember having read it (or something very similar) quite awhile ago and I enjoyed it as much this time as i did then,
Reenie
-
oh my god that poem was just so beautiful it touched me i loved the langue you used i think im going to put you under my favorites list ok keep writing like this its awesome no , wait its beyond what words can say
-
Very pretty indeed...almost had a Byronic quality to it, lol, the beat and rythme flowing as sweet and smooth as freshly uncorked champagne, and although I am not normally a fan of the rhymes, lol, I still greatly enjoyed this lovely and romantic morsel...truly a beautiful piece.
-
so beautifully sad and romantic...great and effortless rhyming and the images of coldness and warmth with life and death can be seen vividly. good writing!
-
This has become one of my favorite poems and I wish I could remember who first steered me to it a couple of years ago, a member of allpoetry who shared the web address with me.
Thanks for sending me to this link, Von. Did you post this after I talked to you about it?...or was it already here?
Now to read her other poems posted here.
Dee
-
what an incredibly beautiful and romantic piece of verse. She seemed to put her whole heart into it. I've been able to surmise as I've read through her poetry that her beloved husband probably died well before he reached old age. It's truly a beautiful piece of writing, despite being quite short.
thanks to my friend Dee Garner for bringing this one out into the open.
Von
Adding your comment:
1 - 13 of 13
