Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, UNTOLD, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER


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First Line: A face may be woeful-white to cover a heart that's / aching
Last Line: Alas! For the weary feet that may not rest to-morrow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Grief; Heaven; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones; Sorrow; Sadness; Paradise


A FACE may be woeful-white to cover a heart that's aching;
And a face may be full of light over a heart that's breaking!

'T is not the heaviest grief for which we wear the willow;
The tears bring slow relief which only wet the pillow.

Hard may be burdens borne, though friends would fain unbind them;
Harder are crosses worn where none save Christ can find them.

For the loved who leave our side our souls are well-nigh riven;
But ah! for the graves we hide, have pity, tender Heaven!

Soft be the words and sweet that soothe the spoken sorrow;
Alas! for the weary feet that may not rest to-morrow.





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