Sentence
1881-1968
Shall I say that what heaven gave
Earth has taken? --
Or that sleepers in the grave
Reawaken?
One sole sentence can I know,
Can I say:
You, my comrade, had to go,
I to stay.
DayPoems Poem No. 1240
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1240.html">Sentence by Witter Bynner</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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