<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=529193" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Letter</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">EDWARD ROWLAND SILL, DIED FEBRUARY 27, 1887</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I held his letter in my hand, <br>And even while I read <br>The lightning flashed across the land <br>The word that he was dead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">How strange it seemed! His living voice <br>Was speaking from the page <br>Those courteous phrases, tersely choice, <br>Light-hearted, witty, sage.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wondered what it was that died! <br>The man himself was here, <br>His modesty, his scholar's pride, <br>His soul serene and clear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">These neither death nor time shall dim, <br>Still this sad thing must be-- <br>Henceforth I may not speak to him, <br>Though he can speak to me!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Thomas+Bailey+Aldrich">Thomas Bailey Aldrich</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=529193" data-title="The Letter de Thomas Bailey Aldrich" data-description="EDWARD ROWLAND SILL, DIED FEBRUARY 27, 1887 I held his letter in my hand, And even while I read The lightning flashed across the land The word that he was dead. How strange it seemed! His living voice Was speaking from the page Those courte..."></div> </div> </div>

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