Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUT OF HEARING, by JANE BARLOW Poet's Biography First Line: No need to hush the children for her sake Last Line: She will not wake, mavrone, she will not wake. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
No need to hush the children for her sake, Or fear their play: She will not wake, mavrone, she will not wake. 'Tis the long sleep, the deep long sleep she'll take, Betide what may. No need to hush the children for her sake; Even if their glee could yet again outbreak So loud and gay. She will not wake, mavrone, she will not wake. But sorrow a thought have they of merry-make This many a day. No need to hush the children for her sake, So still they bide and sad her heart would ache At their dismay. She will not wake, mavrone, she will not wake To bid them laugh, and if some angel spake Small heed they'd pay. No need to hush the children for her sake. She will not wake, mavrone, she will not wake. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A CURLEW'S CALL by JANE BARLOW |
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