The Lonely Death
1878-1914
In the cold I will rise, I will bathe
In waters of ice; myself
Will shiver, and shrive myself,
Alone in the dawn, and anoint
Forehead and feet and hands;
I will shutter the windows from light,
I will place in their sockets the four
Tall candles and set them aflame
In the grey of the dawn; and myself
Will lay myself straight in my bed,
And draw the sheet under my chin.
DayPoems Poem No. 1508
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1508.html">The Lonely Death by Adelaide Crapsey</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
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