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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER DEATH, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Now while my lips are living
Last Line: And then you could not hear.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: Now while my lips are living
Last Line: And then you could not hear.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
Now while my lips are living
Their words must stay unsaid,
And will my soul remember
To speak when I am dead?
Yet if my soul remembered
You would not heed it, dear,
For now you must not listen,
And then you could not hear.
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