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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN HADES, by ANNA CALLENDER BRACKETT First Line: Then saw I, with gray eyes fulfilled of rest Last Line: "he knew the whole - and could not choose but turn!" | |||
THEN saw I, with gray eyes fulfilled of rest, And lulling voice, a woman sweet, and she,-- "Bear thou my word: I am of all most blest; Nor marvel that I am Eurydice. I stood and watched those slow feet go from me Farther and farther; in the light afar, All clear the figure grew -- then suddenly Into my dark his face flashed like a star!-- And that was all. The purple vaporous door Left me triumphant over time and space; Sliding across between forevermore, It could not hide the glory of that face. For me no room to doubt, no need to learn-- He knew the whole - and could not choose but turn!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PESSIMIST by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING BALLADE OF SCHOPENHAUER'S PHILOSOPHY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS BLESSINGS by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER THE WOUND by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH HEADS, HEARTS, AND HANDS by GEORGE W. BUNGAY LOVE'S LAST ADIEU by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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