Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MICHAL: SONNETS AFTER MARRIAGE: 2, by CHARLES WILLIAMS Poet's Biography First Line: And so it shall be, when you come to die Last Line: Climb slowly down those last dark stairs to bed. Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
AND so it shall be, when you come to die, And that strange guest, for whom no watchdogs bark, Talks downstairs with our elders, though you cry At going out from me into the dark, When you must leave the attic where we play, This wide clear room that on the garden looks, Where we have loved each other all the day And had our games, our picnics, and our books, When some old voicewhich long ago was known, Telling our names, some pleasant voice and mild, And bidding us be friendsshall call you down, Then most of all shall you be found a child, Shrink, cry, yet bravely (by what longings sped) Climb slowly down those last dark stairs to bed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV FOR A CHILD: 1. WALKING SONG by CHARLES WILLIAMS TO MICHAL: SONNETS AFTER MARRIAGE: 8. AFTER RONSARD by CHARLES WILLIAMS |
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