Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HOPE, by JESSIE HUBBARD PRUETT


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First Line: When friends shall lay me gently down
Last Line: Your faces dear, and mine.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


When friends shall lay me gently down
Beneath the sheltering clay,
I hope the joyous birds will sing
In hedges by the way.

I hope the sun will brightly shine
And lovely buds unfold,
The day my soul shall pass within
Those gates of pearl and gold.

I hope no friend will pause to weep
Beside my narrow bed,
Because my heart that loved them so
To brighter realms has fled.

And if dear hands should lay bright flowers
Above my quiet breast,
Remembering their love for me,
How sweetly would I rest.

I still shall love you fond and true,
Though I shall give no sign,
And waving grasses spread between
Your faces dear, and mine.





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