To Amy Lowell

who visits me in a hospital

Like a fleet with bellying sails, 
Like the great bulk of a sea-cliff with the staccato bark 
     of waves about it, 
Like the tart tang of the sea breeze
Are you;
Filling the little room where I lie straitly on a white 
     island between pain and pain.

Credit

This poem is in the public domain.

Author

Eunice Tietjens

Eunice Tietjens, born July 29, 1884, is the author of four poetry collections: China (Wheeler Publishing Company, 1930), Leaves in Windy Weather (Alfred A. Knopf, 1929), Body and Raiment (Alfred A. Knopf, 1919), and Profiles from China: Sketches in Free Verse of People and Things Seen in the Interior (Alfred A. Knopf, 1917).

Date Published

01/01/1919