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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE DEATH OF THE BEAUTIFUL MRS. -- ., by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON First Line: I saw her when life's tide was high Last Line: The damp sepulchral icy wreath. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
I saw her when life's tide was high, When youth was hov'ring o'er her brow, When joy was dancing in her eye, And her cheek blush'd hope's crimson glow. I saw her 'mid a fairy throng, She seem'd the gayest of the gay; I saw her lightly glide along, 'Neath beauty's smile, and pleasure's lay. I saw her in her bridal robe, The blush of joy was mounting high; I mark'd her bosom's heaving throb, I mark'd her dark and downcast eye. I saw her when a mother's love, Ask'd at her hand a mother's care; She look'd an angel from above, Hov'ring round a cherub fair. I saw her not till cold and pale, She slumber'd on death's icy arm; The rose had faded on her cheek, Her lip had lost its power to charm. That eye was dim which brightly shone; That brow was cold, that heart was still The witch'ries of that form had flown The lifeless clay had ceas'd to feel. I saw her wedded to the grave; Her bridal robes were weeds of death; And o'er her pale, cold brow, was hung The damp sepulchral icy wreath. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A DREAM by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON |
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