Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE DEATH OF AN OLD LADY, by L. K. GARRISON First Line: They tended you for many years Last Line: I for my part was glad. Subject(s): Death; Heaven; Old Age; Dead, The; Paradise | ||||||||
THEY tended you for many years, And waited for your death, For life was burdensome alike to you and them. Yet when the end had come, They swore that they were sad. To me you died like some autumnal leaf, That, stirred by a little breeze, Parts softly from its branch and falls to earth. So when your time was come, And, without fuss or show, Your spirit went to God, I for my part was glad. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALBERT SCHIRDING by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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