|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM THE HEADBOARD OF A GRAVE IN PARAGUAY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: A troth, and a grief, and a blessing
Last Line: And the rainy-day -- she died.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Rain; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: A troth, and a grief, and a blessing
Last Line: And the rainy-day -- she died.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Death; Grief; Rain; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness
A TROTH, and a grief, and a blessing,
Disguised them and came this way, --
And one was a promise, and one was a doubt,
And one was a rainy day.
And they met betimes with this maiden, --
And the promise it spake and lied,
And the doubt it gibbered and hugged itself,
And the rainy-day -- she died.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD
AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER
WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN
CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE
DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS
A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY