Death & Dying

The Desire to Give

by Edward Dowden 1843–1913

From Poems (1914)

Death & Dying

They who would comfort guess not the main grief--
Not that her hand is never on my hair,
Her lips upon my brow; the time is brief
At longest, and I grow inured to bear.

All that was ever mine I have and hold;
But that I cannot give by day or night
My poor gift which was dear to her of old,
And poorly given--that loss is infinite.

MLA

Dowden, Edward. “The Desire to Give.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dowden/138/.

Chicago

Dowden, Edward. “The Desire to Give.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dowden/138/.

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