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HERE, WITH MY KNEE UPON THY STONE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Ellis
Subject(s): Farewell; Togetherness; Parting


DEEP deep down in the silent
With none to mourn above grave


Here with my knee upon thy stone
I bid adieu to feelings gone
I leave with thee my tears and pain
And rush into the world again


O come again what chains withhold
The steps that used so fleet to be
Come leave thy dwelling dark and cold
Once more to visit me


Was it with the fields of green
Blowing flower and budding tree
With the summer heaven serene
That thou didst visit me?


No ' t was not the flowery plain
No ' t was not the fragrant air
Summer skies will come again
But thou wilt not be there


How loud the storm sounds round the hall!
From arch to arch from door to door
Pillar and roof and granite wall
Rock like a cradle in its roar


The elm tree by the haunted well
Greets no returning summer skies
Down with a rust the giant fell
And stretched acrost the path it lies


Hardly had passed the funeral train
So long delayed by wind and snow
And how they'll reach the house again
Tomorrows sun perhaps will show


What use is it to slumber here
Though the heart be sad and weary?
What use is it to slumber here
Though the day rise dark and dreary


For that mist may break when the sun is high
And thy soul forget its sorrow
And the rosey ray of the closing day
May promise a brighter tomorrow


O evening why is thy light so sad?
Why is the suns last ray so cold
Hush our smile is as ever glad
But thy heart is growing old.








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