Cummings speaks of a long lost love or one that he left behind.  During his work in France as an ambulance driver, he would have had a lot of experience with death.  "How i was crazy how i cried when i heard / over time / and tide and death / leaping / sweetly / your voice"  He was talking about a relationship he had in the past, and that this voice is merely a memory.
 
 
 


 
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