Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CATHEDRAL, by WILLIAM G. SHAKESPEARE First Line: Hope and mirth are gone. Beauty is departed Last Line: Forgiving, praying, singing, feeling sorry. Alternate Author Name(s): S., W. G. Subject(s): Death; Soldiers' Writings; World War I; Dead, The; First World War | ||||||||
HOPE and mirth are gone. Beauty is departed. Heaven's hid in smoke, if there's Heaven still. Silent the city, friendless, broken-hearted, Crying in quiet as a widow will. Oh, for the sound here of a good man's laughter, Of one blind beggar singing in the street, Where there's no sound, excepting a blazing rafter Falls, or the patter of a starved dog's feet. I have seen Death, and comrades' crumbled faces, Yea, I have closed dear eyes with half a smile; But horror's in this havoc of old places Where driven men once rested from their hurry, And girls were happy for a little while, Forgiving, praying, singing, feeling sorry. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A MAN'S VOCATION IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS by JAMES GALVIN |
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