Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN DEATH, by MARY EMILY NEELEY BRADLEY Poet's Biography First Line: How still the room is! But a while ago Last Line: Could the world know, the world would cease to be. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
How still the room is! But a while ago The sound of sobbing voices vexed my ears, And on my face there fell a rain of tears -- I scarce knew why or whence, but now I know. For this sweet speaking silence, this surcease Of the dumb, desperate struggle after breath, This painless consciousness of perfect peace, Which fills the place of anguish -- it is Death! What folly to have feared it! Not the best Of all we knew of life can equal this, Blending in one the sense of utter rest, The vivid certainty of boundless bliss! O Death, the loveliness that is in thee, Could the world know, the world would cease to be. | 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 CHRYSALIS by MARY EMILY NEELEY BRADLEY |
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