|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHERE YOU MAY REST, by VICTOR MARIE HUGO Poem Explanation Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis a pleasant mead
Last Line: Where thy heart may rest.
Subject(s): Flowers; Graves; Rest; Sleep; Soul; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: Tis a pleasant mead
Last Line: Where thy heart may rest.
Subject(s): Flowers; Graves; Rest; Sleep; Soul; Tombs; Tombstones
'Tis a pleasant mead
Which the skies have blessed,
Where the fruitful seed
Has upward pressed
Into jasmine, into pink,
Flowering by the brooklet's brink. ...
I would have them gently sink
Where thy foot may rest.
'Tis a valiant heart
Neath an honest breast
Which knows no art
Save virtue's test;
Where no evil thought can stir;
Guardian and comforter. ...
Would that it a cushion were,
Where thy brow may rest.
'Tis a dream of love
In roses dressed,
Each day above
The former best;
Dream of fair Elysium,
Where thy soul to mine doth come ...
I would have it be the home
Where thy heart may rest.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
THE SURVIVOR AMONG GRAVES by RANDALL JARRELL
SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS
THE GRAVE OF MRS. HEMANS by CECIL FRANCES ALEXANDER
THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS
NOT TO BE DWELLED ON by HEATHER MCHUGH
ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON
ETRUSCAN TOMB by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS
ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL
A COUP D'ETAT; AN INCIDENT IN THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 4, 1851 by VICTOR MARIE HUGO