The University of Virginia Edition of The Works of Stephen Crane Volume X : Poems and Literary Remains |
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[Tell me why, behind thee]
Tell me why, behind thee,I see always the shadow of another lover?
Is it real
Or is this the thrice-damned memory of a better happiness?
Plague on him if he be dead
Plague on him if he be alive
A swinish numskull
To intrude his shade
Always between me and my peace.
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