The Bed By The Window

Robinson Jeffers 1887 (Allegheny) – 1962 (Carmel-by-the-Sea)



I chose the bed downstairs by the sea-window for a good death-bed
When we built the house, it is ready waiting,
Unused unless by some guest in a twelvemonth, who hardly suspects
Its latter purpose. I often regard it,
With neither dislike nor desire; rather with both, so equalled
That they kill each other and a crystalline interest
Remains alone. We are safe to finish what we have to finish;
And then it will sound rather like music
When the patient daemon behind the screen of sea-rock and sky
Thumps with his staff, and calls thrice: 'Come, Jeffers.'

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABCDAEFGHI
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 553
Words 101
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

Robinson Jeffers

John Robinson Jeffers was an American poet, known for his work about the central California coast. more…

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