Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MATER CONSOLATRIX, by WILLIAM SHARP


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First Line: Heart's-joy must fade - though it borrow
Last Line: And where the stars are led.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Future Life; Grief; Happiness; Hearts; Immortality; Retribution; Eternity; After Life; Sorrow; Sadness; Joy; Delight


Heart's-joy must fade . . . though it borrow
Heaven's azure for its clay:
But the Joy that is one with Sorrow,
Treads an immortal way:
For each, is born To-morrow,
For each, is Yesterday.

Joy that is clothed with shadow
Shall arise from the dead:
But Joy that is clothed with the rainbow
Shall with the bow be sped: . . .
Where the Sun spends his fires is she,
And where the Stars are led.





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