Aline Kilmer Poems

A Wind Rose in the Night

A wind rose in the night,
   (She had always feared it so!)
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Kenton and Deborah, Michael and Rose,
These are fine children as all the world knows,
But into my arms in my dreams every night
Come Peter and Christopher, Faith and Delight.
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I know you are too dear to stay;
   You are so exquisitely sweet:
My lonely house will thrill some day
   To echoes of your eager feet.
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