Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALL SOUL'S DAY, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography First Line: Within the church on all soul's day Last Line: For us who live -- for us who live! Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): All Saints' Day; All Souls' Day; All Souls' Night; Allhallowmas; Allhallows; All Hallows Night | ||||||||
WITHIN the church on All Souls' Day I knelt with those uncomforted, Who bowed their weary heads to pray Their sad prayers for the happy dead. We, with the sting of tears still hot Upon our faces, prayed for those Who have forgot all tears, forgot The long passed pageant of old woes. We of the anxious soul and brain, Prayed peace for those who ever dwell In that great calm that follows pain, Safe-housed in God's white citadel. O, futile, tender mockery! We, hampered, fettered in the strife, To pray for those glad souls made free Of the great burden that is life. Dear God, another prayer I said; Humbly I asked who might not give: Pray ye for us, thrice happy dead, For us who live -- for us who live! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL-HALLOWS EVE by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE ALL SOULS' NIGHT by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS ALL SOULS' EVE by MARY E. MANNIX ALL SOULS' EVE by FLORENCE KILPATRICK MIXTER ALL SOULS' EVE by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER ALL SOULS' NIGHT by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER ALL SOULS' NIGHT by KATHARINE TYNAN A BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE (TO SEUMAS MACMANUS) by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON A BOOK OF VERSES by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON |
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