I DREAMED that one had died in a strange
place
Near no accustomed hand,
And they had nailed the boards above
her face,
The peasants of that land,
Wondering to lay her in that solitude,
And raised above her mound
A cross they had made out of two bits
of wood,
And planted cypress round;
And left her to the indifferent stars
above
Until I carved these words:
She was more beautiful than thy
first love,
But now lies under boards.
Created
by TracyG~1998, 1999