Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHERE YOU MAY REST, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Tis a pleasant mead Last Line: Where thy heart may rest. Subject(s): Flowers; Graves; Rest; Sleep; Soul; Tombs; Tombstones | ||||||||
'Tis a pleasant mead Which the skies have blessed, Where the fruitful seed Has upward pressed Into jasmine, into pink, Flowering by the brooklet's brink. ... I would have them gently sink Where thy foot may rest. 'Tis a valiant heart Neath an honest breast Which knows no art Save virtue's test; Where no evil thought can stir; Guardian and comforter. ... Would that it a cushion were, Where thy brow may rest. 'Tis a dream of love In roses dressed, Each day above The former best; Dream of fair Elysium, Where thy soul to mine doth come ... I would have it be the home Where thy heart may rest. | 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 A COUP D'ETAT; AN INCIDENT IN THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 4, 1851 by VICTOR MARIE HUGO |
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