| Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Second Book of Modern Verse. 1922. |
| |
| Music I heard |
| | | Conrad Aiken (1889–1973) |
| |
| |
| MUSIC I heard with you was more than music, | |
| And bread I broke with you was more than bread; | |
| Now that I am without you, all is desolate; | |
| All that was once so beautiful is dead. | |
| |
| Your hands once touched this table and this silver, | 5 |
| And I have seen your fingers hold this glass. | |
| These things do not remember you, belovèd,— | |
| And yet your touch upon them will not pass. | |
| |
| For it was in my heart you moved among them, | |
| And blessed them with your hands and with your eyes; | 10 |
| And in my heart they will remember always,— | |
| They knew you once, O beautiful and wise. | |
| |
|
|
|
