Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALCESTIS: BEREAVEMENT, by EURIPIDES Poet's Biography First Line: I had a kinsman; he Last Line: Death robs their brides. Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement | ||||||||
I HAD a kinsman; he Lost in his home a son, -- True tears were his to shed, -- His child, his only one. He bore his misery, His lonely doom. White hair was on his head, His long life, nearly sped, Drooped to the tomb. Your luck was good before. To you, untouched by ill, This sorrow came, but you Are quick and breathing still. Your wife is dead. No more That love abides. What grief is here that's new? From many others too Death robs their brides. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNGERFIELD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN HECUBA MOURNS by MARILYN NELSON THERE IS NO GOD BUT by AGHA SHAHID ALI IF I COULD MOURN LIKE A MOURNING DOVE by FRANK BIDART AEOLUS: THE OLD MEN by EURIPIDES |
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