Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By Edward RowlandSill781 Tempted
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Since it cannot be soul to soul,
Be it flesh to flesh, as it may;
But is Earth the whole?
For all Earth gives?
“But the Past is dead?” At last
It is all that lives.
To snatch at the moment’s bliss
Or to swear I will keep my soul
Clean for her kiss?