Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROMANCERO: BOOK 2. LAMENTATIONS: LAZARUS. 12. THE ANNIVERSARY, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: Not one mass will e'er be chanted Last Line: A fiacre all ready for thee. Subject(s): Anniversaries; Death; Graves; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
NOT one mass will e'er be chanted, Not one Hebrew prayer be mutter'd, When the day I died returneth, -- Nothing will be sung or utter'd. Yet upon that day, it may be, If the weather has not chill'd her, On a visit to Montmartre With Pauline will go Matilda. With a wreath of immortelles she'll Deck my grave in foreign fashion, Sighing say "pauvre homme!" and sadly Drop a tear of fond compassion. I shall then too high be dwelling, And, alas! no chair have ready For my darling's use to offer, As she walks with feet unsteady. Sweet, stout little one, return not Home on foot, I must implore thee; At the barrier gate is standing A fiacre all ready for thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL |
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