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The Ghost's Petition

Christina Rossetti

First published 1866
Type Poem

The widow knows that her lost husband must come, for he promised he would. And he does, one last time, for "I could rest if you would not cry; But there's no sleeping while you sit weeping".

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1866 Cover The Prince's Progress and Other Poems Macmillan and Co. Collection 114
1947 Cover Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre Arkham House Anthology 168
1947 Cover Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre Arkham House Anthology 168
1969 Dark of the Moon: Poems of Fantasy and the Macabre Books for Libraries Press Anthology 168