Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THESE HAVE GONE DOWN, by PAULA S. VOGELSANG


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THESE HAVE GONE DOWN, by                    
Last Line: They have their life in him, they are not lost!
Subject(s): Pain; Suffering; Misery


These have gone down in unremembered time, --
The still small offerings of hearts that knew
Rejection, yet would sooner cease to beat
Than cease to give as was their wont to do.

The sacrifices where no eye has been
A witness to the glory of the deed,
Nor eased the burden of too silent pain
With sympathy in answer to the need.

And noble thoughts unshared, inspired words
That perished with the breath that failed to give
Them utterance; and likewise all the dreams
That vanished ere they could be made to live.

These have gone down in unremembered time,
Unknown, unseen, unshared, a silent host;
But marching close to man's immortal soul,
They have their life in him, they are not lost!





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