Love
The Maid
From Embers (1895)
Love
A little while I saw the world go by--
A little doorway that I called my own,
A loaf, a cup of water, and a bed had I,
A shrine of Jesus, where I knelt alone
And now, alone, I bid the world good-bye.
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Parker, Gilbert. “The Maid.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/parker_g/142/.
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Parker, Gilbert. “The Maid.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/parker_g/142/.
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