Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE IS DEAD, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I heard one cry out strongly, 'love is dead!' Last Line: Nay! Let him rest with death, the lord of all. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Death; Love - Loss Of; Dead, The | ||||||||
I HEARD one cry out strongly, "Love is dead!" And then we went and looked upon his face, Turned into marble by Death's final grace: His silent lips, that once so vainly pled, Smile now, as men smile being newly wed; Since some strange joy Life's sorrows did efface When Death's arms clasped him in supreme embrace, All his long pain of living comforted. And you would wake him? Dare you him recall From Death's enamouring to Life's stern pain; Make him again the old grief's hopeless thrall; Bind him once more with the old clanking chain, And goad him on his weary way again? -- Nay! let him rest with Death, the lord of all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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