Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WEARINESS, by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, is there no, no place on earth Last Line: And return to earth once more? Alternate Author Name(s): Tucker, Mary Eliza Perine Subject(s): Weariness; Fatigue | ||||||||
AH, is there no, no place on earth Where weary souls can rest? Are none who spring from mortal birth With perfect bliss e'er blest? Or shall we be forever longing -- Be with wants and wishes filled; Craving things to earth belonging, Not the things that God hath willed? Oh!, how weary, weary, weary, And how long doth seem the day, When too sad, and lone and dreary, Plod we on our toilsome way? With not one, not one to love us, How can we of bliss e'er dream? Of the blissful heaven above us Can we ever catch a gleam? Can we long endure such sorrow Without longing for the day -- Praying God that ere the morrow We may pass from earth away? Is there even one, a mortal, Who content with life's sad store Would retreat from heaven's blest portal, And return to earth once more? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VALUE IN MOUNTAINS: 10 by KENNETH REXROTH IMPERIAL NOSTALGIAS: 4 by CESAR VALLEJO BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON TIRED TIM by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE WEARINESS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW NEURASTENIA by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON MICHAEL ANGELO by AUGUSTE BARBIER |
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