| Poems by Women |
Love Songs
Message
I heard a cry in the night,
A thousand miles it came,
Sharp
as a flash of light,
My name, my name!
It was your voice I heard,
You waked and loved me so --
I send
you back this word,
I know, I know!
From: Rittenhouse, Jessie B.
The Second Book of Modern Verse (1919).
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This collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis.
Collection © 1999-2002 Jone Johnson Lewis.
Citing poems from these pages:
| Author. "Poem Title." Women's History: Poems by Women. Jone Johnson Lewis, editor. URL: (date of logon) |
