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“The Visitor” by Edwin Muir 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (15 May 18873 Jan 1959)
No, no, do not beguile me, do not come
Between me and my ghost, that cannot move
Till you are gone,
And while you gossip must be dumb.
Do not believe I do not want your love,
Brother and sister, wife and son.
But I would be alone
Now, now and let him in,
Lest while I speak he is already flown,
Offended by the din
Of this half-uttered scarcely whispered plea
(So delicate is he).
No more, no more.
Let the great tidings stay unsaid,
For I must to the door,
And oh I dread
He may even now be gone
Or, when I open, will not enter in.