Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY MOURNER, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I lie here very still; and he draws nigh Last Line: Intrusive vigil round my silent home? Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement | ||||||||
I LIE here very still; and he draws nigh To stand beside me, and to look his last On her who far beyond his ken has passed, Yet rests here, 'neath his touch, so tranquilly; From the shut lips there comes no least, low Sigh; No eyelash quivers, and white Death holds fast, In long embrace by longing dreams forecast, The life that had known Life's satiety. I laughed and loved and wept, and now I sleep; And that were best of all, if no dreams come To mar this quietude of slumber, deep And still as some deep night when winds are dumb; But he, my mourner, wherefore should he keep Intrusive vigil round my silent home? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNGERFIELD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN HECUBA MOURNS by MARILYN NELSON THERE IS NO GOD BUT by AGHA SHAHID ALI IF I COULD MOURN LIKE A MOURNING DOVE by FRANK BIDART A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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