The speaker describes their warm, living hand and how if it were cold in death it would haunt the recipient's days and nights, chilling their dreams, so that they would wish for their own blood to dry so that the speaker's red life might flow again in their veins and the recipient be calm in conscience. The speaker holds out their hand towards the recipient.
The speaker describes their warm, living hand and how if it were cold in death it would haunt the recipient's days and nights, chilling their dreams, so that they would wish for their own blood to dry so that the speaker's red life might flow again in their veins and the recipient be calm in conscience. The speaker holds out their hand towards the recipient.
The speaker describes their warm, living hand and how if it were cold in death it would haunt the recipient's days and nights, chilling their dreams, so that they would wish for their own blood to dry so that the speaker's red life might flow again in their veins and the recipient be calm in conscience. The speaker holds out their hand towards the recipient.
Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold And in the icy silence of the tomb, So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights That thou would wish thine own heart dry of blood So in my veins red life might stream again, And thou be conscience-calmdsee here it is I hold it towards you.