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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I VEX ME NOT WITH BROODING ON THE YEARS, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography | |||
I VEX me not with brooding on the years That were ere I drew breath: why should I then Distrust the darkness that may fall again When life is done ? Perchance in other spheres - Dead planets - I once tasted mortal tears, And walked as now amid a throng of men, Pondering things that lay beyond my ken, Questioning death, and solacing my fears. Ofttimes indeed strange sense have I of this, Vague memories that hold me with a spell, Touches of unseen lips upon my brow, Breathing some incommunicable bliss In years foregone, O Soul, was all not well ? Still lovelier life awaits thee. Fear not thou! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH APPRECIATION by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BABY BELL by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BEFORE THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH BY THE POTOMAC by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH FREDERICKSBURG by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH GUILIELMUS REX by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH HEREDITY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH MEMORY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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