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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOO LATE, by NORA PERRY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What silences we keep, year after year Last Line: "give consolation for the ""might have been""?" | |||
What silences we keep, year after year With those who are most near to us, and dear! We live beside each other day by day, And speak of myriad things, but seldom say The full, sweet word that lies within our reach Beneath the common ground of common speech. Then out of sight and out of reach they go -- These close, familiar ones who loved us so; And, sitting in the shadow they have left, Alone with loneliness, and sore bereft, We think with vain regret of some fond word That once we might have said and they have heard. This is the cruel cross of life -- to be Full visioned only when the ministry Of death has been fulfilled, and in the place Of some dear presence is but empty space. What recollected services can then Give consolation for the "might have been"? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE COMING OF SPRING by NORA PERRY RUNNING THE BLOCKADE by NORA PERRY THE ROMANCE OF A ROSE by NORA PERRY |
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