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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WARNING AND REPLY, by EMILY JANE BRONTE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the earth, the earth thou shalt be laid Last Line: That heart was worthy thee! -- Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis Variant Title(s): "in The Earth, The Earth Thou Shalt Be Laid""; Subject(s): Consolation | |||
In the earth, the earth thou shalt be laid A grey stone standing over thee; Black mould beneath thee spread And black mould to cover thee -- 'Well, there is rest there So fast come thy prophecy -- The time when my sunny hair Shall with grass roots twined be' But cold, cold is that resting place Shut out from Joy and Liberty And all who loved thy living face Will shrink from its gloom and thee 'Not so, here the world is chill And sworn friends fall from me But there, they'll own me still And prize my memory' Farewell, then, all that love All that deep sympathy: Sleep on, heaven laughs above -- Earth never misses thee -- Turf-sod and tombstone drear Part human company One heart broke, only, there That heart was worthy thee! -- | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SHAKESPEARE'S GRAVE by ROBINSON JEFFERS RECOMPENSE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE WILLOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON EINSTEIN by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH HOLDERLIN'S JOURNEY by EDWIN MUIR THE PRODIGAL SON by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ILKA BLADE O' GRASS KEPS ITS AIN DRAP O' DEW by JAMES BALLANTYNE COMFORT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A DAY DREAM by EMILY JANE BRONTE |
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