Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GIVE ME NOT TEARS: DESPAIR, by ROSE HAWTHORNE LATHROP Poet's Biography First Line: Dear, when you see my grave Last Line: Death is the gentlest of the world's replies. Alternate Author Name(s): Alphonsa, Mother Mary Subject(s): Despair | ||||||||
DEAR, when you see my grave, Oh, shall you weep? Ah, no! That were to have Mistaken care; But when you see my grave, I pray you keep Sunshine of heart that time doth lay me there, Where veiling mists of dream guard endless sleep. Though the young life we mourn That, blooming, dies, -- Ere grief hath made forlorn This other face, -- Still sadder are the eyes, The cheeks more worn Than show the dead, of those who seek love's grace; Death is the gentlest of the world's replies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DAY THAT WAS THAT DAY by AMY LOWELL MAN IN THE STREET OR HAND OVER MOUTH by HEATHER MCHUGH BURIAL RITES by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE CAMPS; FOR MARILYN HACKER by HAYDEN CARRUTH A SONG BEFORE GRIEF by ROSE HAWTHORNE LATHROP |
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