Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OH! DROOP THOU NOT, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! Droop thou not, my gentle earthly love! Last Line: They are of heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Love - Nature Of | ||||||||
OH! droop thou not, my gentle earthly love! Mine still to be! I bore through death, to brighter lands above, My thoughts of thee. Yes! the deep memory of our holy tears, Our mingled prayer, Our suffering love, through long devoted years, Went with me there. It was not vain, the hallowed and the tried -- It was not vain! Still, though unseen, still hovering at thy side, I watch again! From our own paths, our love's attesting bowers, I am not gone, In the deep calm of midnight's whispering hours, Thou art not lone: Not lone, when by the haunted stream thou weepest -- That stream whose tone Murmurs of thoughts, the richest and the deepest, We two have known: Not lone, when mournfully some strain awaking Of days long past, From thy soft eyes the sudden tears are breaking, Silent and fast: Not lone, when upwards in fond visions turning Thy dreamy glance, Thou seek'st my home, where solemn stars are burning O'er night's expanse. My home is near thee, loved one! and around thee, Where'er thou art; Though still mortality's thick cloud hath bound thee, Doubt not thy heart! Hear its low voice, nor deem thyself forsaken -- Let faith be given To the still tones which oft our being waken -- They are of heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RESCUE THE DEAD by DAVID IGNATOW BUTTERFLIES UNDER PERSIMMON by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 27 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 30 by JAMES JOYCE HE WHO KNOWS LOVE by ELSA BARKER LOVE'S HUMBLENESS by ELSA BARKER SONG (IN THE LUCKY CHANCE) by APHRA BEHN A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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