Spoon River Anthology
Edgar Lee Masters

Mrs. Williams << --- >> The Circuit Judge

William and Emily

THERE is something about Death
Like love itself!
If with some one with whom you have known passion
And the glow of youthful love,
You also, after years of life
Together, feel the sinking of the fire,
And thus fade away together,
Gradually, faintly, delicately,
As it were in each other's arms,
Passing from the familiar room --
That is a power of unison between souls
Like love itself!

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