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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGY, by FLORENCE HAMILTON
First Line: Never again in your arms shall I lie
Last Line: Bury me deep.
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: Never again in your arms shall I lie
Last Line: Bury me deep.
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
Never again in your arms shall I lie,
Never have your breast for my weary head,
Never see the love light gleam in your eye,
Because -- you are dead.
I know a green hill where the trees are tall;
With the drip, drip, drip of autumn rain
Chanting a requiem over your pall,
Sharpening my pain.
Earth, let your breast be my pillow now;
Wind me in leaves for the final sleep;
Wind me in leaves from the willow bough,
Bury me deep.
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