Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALONE WITH GOD, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: Beside the bier I watched his rest divine Last Line: Each, in the stillness, was alone with god. Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Death; God; Graves; Love - Loss Of; Solitude; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones; Loneliness | ||||||||
BESIDE the bier I watched his rest divine, While sunset faded and the moon rose fair To light the chamber gloom with mellow shine, And kiss the lips that love would hardly dare; And through the lattice, from the meadows, came The south wind like a seraph, fluting low, And fanned his cheek, and almost breathed his name, And waved the pall's weird fringes to and fro. Oh, life I would have given for look or word! Alas, alas, he could not hear my cry! Caress nor prayer his wan, cold slumber stirred; The wind and moonlight were as dear as I! Done were our mingled days of joy and care; Parted the paths we had together trod; He on his bier, and I beside him there Each, in the stillness, was alone with God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES COLUMBUS DYING [MAY 20, 1506] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR |
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