DEBTS

DEBTS

My debt to you, Belovèd,Is one I cannot payIn any coin of any realmOn any reckoning day;For where is he shall figureThe debt, when all is said,To one who makes you dream againWhen all the dreams were dead?Or where is the appraiserWho shall the claim computeOf one who makes you sing againWhen all the songs were mute?Jessie B. Rittenhouse

My debt to you, Belovèd,Is one I cannot payIn any coin of any realmOn any reckoning day;For where is he shall figureThe debt, when all is said,To one who makes you dream againWhen all the dreams were dead?Or where is the appraiserWho shall the claim computeOf one who makes you sing againWhen all the songs were mute?Jessie B. Rittenhouse

My debt to you, Belovèd,Is one I cannot payIn any coin of any realmOn any reckoning day;

My debt to you, Belovèd,

Is one I cannot pay

In any coin of any realm

On any reckoning day;

For where is he shall figureThe debt, when all is said,To one who makes you dream againWhen all the dreams were dead?

For where is he shall figure

The debt, when all is said,

To one who makes you dream again

When all the dreams were dead?

Or where is the appraiserWho shall the claim computeOf one who makes you sing againWhen all the songs were mute?

Or where is the appraiser

Who shall the claim compute

Of one who makes you sing again

When all the songs were mute?

Jessie B. Rittenhouse


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