English Poetry. Henry Cuyler Bunner. A Dead Woman. Генри Куйлер Баннер.

Henry Cuyler Bunner (Генри Куйлер Баннер)

A Dead Woman

Not a kiss in life; but one kiss, at life’s end,
I have set on the face of Death in trust for thee.
Through long years keep it fresh on thy lips, 0 friend!
At the gate of Silence give it back to me.

Henry Cuyler Bunner’s other poems:

1. The Future of the Classics
2. The Red Box at Vesey Street
3. In a Paris Restaurant
4. Just a Love Letter
5. Shriven

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