Versos English Anne Reeve Aldrich An Awakening

English poem

An Awakening

by (1866–1892)

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Love had forgotten and gone to sleep; Love had forgotten the present and past. I was so glad when he ceased to weep; “Now he is quiet,” I whispered, “at last.”

What sent you here on that night of all nights, Breaking his slumber, dreamless and deep, Just as I whispered below my breath, “Love has forgotten and gone to sleep”?