Sara Teasdale, comp. (1884–1933).
The Answering Voice: One Hundred Love Lyrics by Women. 1917.
Amy Levy
I
How clearly now I see it all!
The glimmer of your cigarette,
The little chamber, narrow and tall.
(How near they seem and yet how far!)
The blaze of kindled logs; the flame
Of tulips in a mighty jar.
Glad things unto the spirit saith.
Why did you lead me in your speech
To these dark mysteries of death?