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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HUMAN, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography
First Line: Weighed down by grief, o'erborne by deep despair
Last Line: Upon the westering sunlight, black as jet.
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Prayer; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: Weighed down by grief, o'erborne by deep despair
Last Line: Upon the westering sunlight, black as jet.
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Prayer; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
WEIGHED down by grief, o'erborne by deep despair,
She lifted up white arms to heaven and prayed
That day for death; she made a mighty prayer
Beside her dear one gently to be laid.
And standing thus, it flashed across her mind
How she must make a seemly silhouette
Against the sky, her figure sharply lined
Upon the westering sunlight, black as jet.
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