To a Dead Poet by Amy Levy
I knew not if to laugh or weep; They sat and talked of you-- "'Twas here he sat; 'twas this he said! 'Twas that he used to do.
"Here is the book wherein he read, The room wherein he dwelt; And he" (they said) "was such a man, Such things he thought and felt."
I sat and sat, I did not stir; They talked and talked away. I was as mute as any stone, I had no word to say.
They talked and talked; like to a stone My heart grew in my breast-- I, who had never seen your face Perhaps I knew you best.
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