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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IT IS NOT THE TEAR AT THIS MOMENT SHED, by THOMAS MOORE Poet's Biography
First Line: It is not the tear at this moment shed
Last Line: From the image he left there in dying!
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement
First Line: It is not the tear at this moment shed
Last Line: From the image he left there in dying!
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement
IT is not the tear at this moment shed,
When the cold turf has just been laid o'er him,
That can tell how beloved was the friend that's fled,
Or how deep in our hearts we deplore him.
'T is the tear, through many a long day wept,
'T is life's whole path o'ershaded;
'T is the one remembrance, fondly kept,
When all lighter griefs have faded.
Thus his memory, like some holy light,
Kept alive in our hearts, will improve them,
For worth shall look fairer and truth more bright,
When we think how he lived but to love them.
And, as fresher flowers the sod perfume
Where buried saints are lying,
So our hearts shall borrow a sweetening bloom
From the image he left there in dying!
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