Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GIFT, by JULIA EKLUND


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GIFT, by                    
First Line: My grief lies heavily upon my heart
Last Line: Since it was dealt, with eager hands, by you
Subject(s): Grief; Love - Complaints; Sorrow; Sadness


My grief lies heavily upon my heart—
I cannot shift the burden of this load,
Nor ease the dull, pervasive, gnawing pain
That steals my sleep and troubles all my days.
This were not so had you not with free hands
Snatched glowing moments from fast fleeting time,
And in the woof and warp of commonplace
Spun shining patterns that can never fade.
Had all been of an even monotone
I had not known the beauty of these stars,
Nor felt the exquisiteness of sorrow's dole
That I so jealously shall henceforth hoard—
Yet this drear pain I bear I cannot rue,
Since it was dealt, with eager hands, by you





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