Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MARY ELLIOTT FLANERY, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: When looking down the vista Last Line: Wherever you may go. Subject(s): Fame; Fate; Memory; Reputation; Destiny | ||||||||
When looking down the vista Of long-departed years, Your eyes may for a moment Perhaps be dimmed with tears. As a longing for the gone-by days Of youth fills up your breast; A longing that cannot be quenched, Or wholly be suppressed. A longing for the heights of fame You might have once attained, For the praise, applause and glory You might have sweetly gained. A longing to rise over The sordid, struggling host; But Fate had destined you, my dear, To fill a different post. Though now you do not longer yearn For an illustr'ous name, For the applause and praise of men, For fortune or for fame. The high position which you fill, How few have understood; Or known its sacred beauty -- Of wife and motherhood! And what if household cares may check At times the genial flow Of innate genius in your soul, You still take time to sow Seeds of true love and kindness Wherever you may go. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ATTEMPTING TO ANSWER DAVID IGNATOW'S QUESTION by ROBERT BLY FROST AND HIS ENEMIES by ROBERT BLY THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR TO HELEN KELLER - HUMANITARIAN, SOCIAL DEMOCRAT, GREAT SOUL by EDWIN MARKHAM DOMESDAY BOOK: FINDING OF THE BODY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WE COME BACK by KENNETH REXROTH THE WAKING (2) by THEODORE ROETHKE A GOOD-BYE by EFFIE WALLER SMITH |
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