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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOURN NOT, by ALICE CARY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: O mourner, mourn not vanished light
Last Line: Our friend, our father, and our god.
Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement
First Line: O mourner, mourn not vanished light
Last Line: Our friend, our father, and our god.
Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement
O MOURNER, mourn not vanished light,
But fix your fearful hopes above;
The watcher, through the long, dark night,
Shall see the daybreak of God's love.
A land all green and bright and fair,
Lies just beyond this vale of tears,
And we shall meet, immortal there,
The pleasures of our mortal years.
He who to death has doomed our race,
With steadfast faith our souls has armed,
And made us children of his grace
To go into the grave, unharmed.
The storm may beat, the night may close,
The face may change, the blood run chill,
But his great love no limit knows,
And therefore we should fear no ill.
Dust as we are, and steeped in guilt,
How strange, how wondrous, how divine,
That He hath for us mansions built,
Where everlasting splendors shine.
Our days with beauty let us trim,
As Nature trims with flowers the sod;
Giving the glory all to Him, --
Our Friend, our Father, and our God.
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