Love
There comes a change in her breath
From Underneath the Bough (1898)
Love
There comes a change in her breath,
A change that saith
She is breathing in her sleep.
Breathing, breathing and yet so low:
O life at ebb, O life at flow.
Her life, her breath!
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Codex Note
The Third Book of Songs
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MLA
Field, Michael. “There comes a change in her breath.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/85/.
Chicago
Field, Michael. “There comes a change in her breath.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field_m/85/.
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