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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VOTIVE SONG, by EDWARD COATE PINKNEY Poet's Biography First Line: I burn no incense, hang no wreath, / on this, thine early tomb Last Line: And fall these heavy tears. Alternate Author Name(s): Pinkney, Edward Coote Variant Title(s): The Widow's Song Subject(s): Widows & Widowers | |||
I BURN no incense, hang no wreath, On this thine early tomb: Such cannot cheer the place of death, But only mock its gloom. Here odorous smoke and breathing flower No grateful influence shed; They lose their perfume and their power, When offered to the dead. And if, as is the Afghaun's creed, The spirit may return, A disembodied sense to feed, On fragrance, near its urn, -- It is enough that she, whom thou Didst love in living years, Sits desolate beside it now, And fall these heavy tears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WIDOW SPEAKS TO THE AURORA'S OF A DECEMBER NIGHT by NORMAN DUBIE NEW AGE AT AIRPORT MESA by NORMAN DUBIE POPHAM OF THE NEW SONG: 5; FOR R.P. BLACKMUR by NORMAN DUBIE THE WIDOW OF THE BEAST OF INGOLSTADT by NORMAN DUBIE DOMESDAY BOOK: WIDOW FORTELKA by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WIDOW IN A STONE HOUSE by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER GETTING TO KNOW YOU by RUTH STONE |
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