When Death to Either shall come

By Robert Bridges

Born 1844


WHEN Death to either shall come,--
         I pray it be first to me,--
Be happy as ever at home,
         If so, as I wish, it be.

Possess thy heart, my own;
         And sing to the child on thy knee,
Or read to thyself alone
         The songs that I made for thee.

DayPoems Poem No. 788
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