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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONLY IN DEATH, by MAUDE CHATEAUNEUF OVERTON
First Line: He had not much in life
Last Line: And from the organ rolled sweet, solemn strains.
Subject(s): Death; Life; Dead, The
First Line: He had not much in life
Last Line: And from the organ rolled sweet, solemn strains.
Subject(s): Death; Life; Dead, The
He had not much in life --
Just youth and health;
And little did he know of joy,
Just heavy, plodding toil with peril frought.
Just day succeeding day with duty done,
And frugal fare -- a homely life.
Few dreamed for what he yearned --
For dignity of place,
For beautiful surroundings and for flowers
And music glorious.
At last the things he loved have come to him
Only in death.
Today he lay in majesty
Within the portals of a stately church
Surrounded by a mass of flowers,
And from the organ rolled sweet, solemn strains.
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