Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LEST WE FORGET, by LOIS M. EISH


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LEST WE FORGET, by                    
First Line: When death shall curtain them about
Last Line: There's no forgiveness after death.
Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Forgiveness; Funerals; Dead, The; Clemency; Burials


When death shall curtain them about,
And all is dark within, without;
When lonely hearts no more can feel,
And trembling lips Death's hand doth seal,
Forget them then, they shall not care,
For naught you say shall enter there.
They shall not see the tears that flow; --
Give them your love before they go.

E'en though you strew their bier with flowers
That blossom midst the summer showers;
And though their fragrance fill the air,
Shedding their perfume everywhere;
'Twill matter not, they ne'er shall know
Aught of their fragrance or their glow; --
Now is the time that you should give
The lovely blossoms, while they live.

If they have caused one tear to flow
As on life's journey they did go;
Forgive them now, too late 'twill be
When still in death their form you see.
Some unkind word maybe you've said,
And made them bitter tears to shed; --
Then right the wrong while they have breath;
There's no forgiveness after death.





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