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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RELEASE, by JEAN GRIGSBY PAXTON
First Line: Do not fear
Last Line: When death stoops down to light the fire.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: Do not fear
Last Line: When death stoops down to light the fire.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
Do not fear
And do not grieve for me,
I shall not die:
I am like the forest oak
That summer suns have seasoned;
My body will be a little heap of ash
Upon the hearth,
But I shall rise in flame,
In flame that leaps and soars
And seeks the stars.
Do not fear
And do not weep, my dear,
When Death stoops down to light the fire.
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