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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A DECEASED, by THEODOR STORM Poet's Biography First Line: But this is more than I can bear Last Line: Are stealing o'er your coffin there. | |||
But this is more than I can bear, That still the laughing sun is bright, As in the days when you were there, That clocks are striking, unaware, And mark the change of day and night-- That we, as twilight dims the air, Assemble when the day is done, And that the place where stood your chair Already many others share, And that you seem thus missed by none; When meanwhile, from the gate below, The narrow strips of moonlight spare Into your vault down deeply go, And with a ghostly pallid glow Are stealing o'er your coffin there. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO HIS DEAD WIFE by THEODOR STORM WHEN THE SPEED COMES by ROBERT FROST THE HEART'S RETURN by EDWIN MARKHAM A COLONIAL MORNING DREAM by KAREN SWENSON ODE ON SOLITUDE (FINAL PRINTED VERSION) by ALEXANDER POPE LITTLE GOLDENHAIR by F. BURGE SMITH |
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