Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TITANIC, by CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON Poet's Biography First Line: Beloved, you must go -- ask not to stay Last Line: Of life's great secret on each other's heart! Subject(s): Devotion; Disasters; Jews; Ships & Shipping; Shipwrecks; Straus, Isidor (1845-1912); Straus, Rosalie Ida (blun) (1849-1912); Titanic (ship); Judaism | ||||||||
Parting Beloved, you must goask not to stay, You are a mother and your duties call; And we, who have so long been all in all, Must put the human side of life away. For one brief moment let us stand and pray, Sealed in the thought that whatso'er befall We, who have known the freedom and the thrall Of a great love, in death shall feel its sway. You, who must live, because of his dear need, You are the one to bear the harder part; Nay, do not cling'tis time to say good-by. Think of me then but as a spirit freed Flesh of my Flesh, and Heart of my own Heart The love we knew has made me strong to die. Together I cannot leave you, ask me not to go, Love of my youth and all my older years; We, who have met together many smiles or tears, Feeling that each did but make closer grow The union of our heartsAh! say not so That Death shall find us separate, All my fears Are but to lose you, Life itself appears A trifling thingBut one great truth I know, When heart to heart has been so closely knit That Flesh has been one Flesh and Soul one Soul, Life is not life if they are rent apart And death unsevered is more exquisite, As we, who have known much, shall read the whole Of life's great secret on each other's heart! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL FROM A MOTOR IN MAY by CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON |
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