Spoon River Anthology
Edgar Lee Masters
Mrs. Williams << --- >> The Circuit Judge
William and Emily
THERE is something about Death
Like love itself!
If with some one with whom you have known passion
And the glow of youthful love,
You also, after years of life
Together, feel the sinking of the fire,
And thus fade away together,
Gradually, faintly, delicately,
As it were in each other's arms,
Passing from the familiar room --
That is a power of unison between souls
Like love itself!
Source: Project Gutenberg