Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UNRETURNING, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poet's Biography First Line: Earth, knowing not eld, in thy youth all / divine Last Line: But not from the dark come my darlings to me. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Grief; Mothers; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
EARTH, knowing not eld, in thy youth all divine, Though the ages unceasing are evermore thine, Once more be birth-thrilled, until forth from thy womb Throng the myriad forms of the world's waking bloom. For the sweet of the year, great Earth-mother, is here, And, lo! on the uplands the flowers appear, And blithe is the wing, and the song it is glad, And our yearning hearts only are heavy and sad. Earth, mother undying, thy tender arms keep So safe in thy bosom the dear things asleep, So strong is thy pulse-beat to bid them again Know battle and conquest, and hunger and pain. The insistence of growth, the fair crown of the leaf, The fruit in its ripeness, the rich bending sheaf Earth, this thou canst do, yet our dearer loves go, And return not again from their beds hollowed low. Our hearts are nigh breaking with bliss and with dole; In the midst of the rapture, how lonely the soul! Comes the bird to the green bough, the bud to the tree, But not from the dark come my darlings to me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER |
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