Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE DEAD (A PARAPHRASE), by WILLIAM BELL SCOTT Poet's Biography First Line: Gone art thou, gone, and is the light Last Line: I shall be with thee; we again may smile. Subject(s): Death; Future Life; Dead, The; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
GONE art thou? gone, and is the light of day Still shining, is my hair not touch'd with gray? But evening draweth nigh, I pass the door, And see thee walking on the dim-lit shore. Gone, art thou? gone, and weary on the brink Of Lethe waiting there. O do not drink, Drink not, forget not, wait a little while, I shall be with thee; we again may smile. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IKON: THE HARROWING OF HELL by DENISE LEVERTOV LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS 3 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 1 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 2 by HAYDEN CARRUTH WRITING IN THE AFTERLIFE by BILLY COLLINS MY MOTHER by WILLIAM BELL SCOTT |
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