Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By AmbroseBierce836 Presentiment
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She walked among the graves with me;
Her every footfall seemed to be
A benediction on the dead.
She seemed, and I some ghost forlorn,
Surprised by the untimely morn
She made with her resplendent face.
Three paces from the path apart
She stepped and stood—my prescient heart
Was stricken with a passing chill.
Remembering, I smiled and thought,
“Who shudders suddenly at naught,
His grave is being trod upon.”
Than idle fancy. O, my sweet,
I did not know such little feet
Could make a buried heart so sore!