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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SELFISHNESS, by MARGARET E. BRUNER
First Line: Death takes our loved ones
Last Line: The dead know nought of sorrow.
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: Death takes our loved ones
Last Line: The dead know nought of sorrow.
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
Death takes our loved ones --
We are bowed in grief. For whom?
Are we not selfish?
A mourner weeps for himself,
The dead know nought of sorrow.
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