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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE AND DEATH, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Shall we, too, rise forgetful from our sleep
Last Line: Fare forth alone to front eternity.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: Shall we, too, rise forgetful from our sleep
Last Line: Fare forth alone to front eternity.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
Shall we, too, rise forgetful from our sleep,
And shall my soul that lies within your hand
Remember nothing, as the blowing sand
Forgets the palm where long blue shadows creep
When winds along the darkened desert sweep?
Or would it still remember, tho' it spanned
A thousand heavens, while the planets fanned
The vacant ether with their voices deep?
Soul of my soul, no word shall be forgot,
Nor yet alone, beloved, shall we see
The desolation of extinguished suns,
Nor fear the void wherethro' our planet runs,
For still together shall we go and not
Fare forth alone to front eternity.
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