Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UNDER THE VIOLETS, by EDWARD YOUNG (1818-) First Line: Under the violets, blue and sweet Last Line: O grave! I would thy gates were wide. Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies | ||||||||
UNDER the violets, blue and sweet, Where low the willow droops and weeps, Where children tread with timid feet, When twilight o'er the forest creeps, She sleeps, -- my little darling sleeps. Breathe low and soft, O wind! breathe low Where so much loveliness is laid! Pour out thy heart in strains of woe, O bird! that in the willows' shade Sing'st till the stars do pale and fade. It may be that to other eyes, As in the happy days of old, The sun doth every morning rise O'er mountain summits tipped with gold, And set where sapphire seas are rolled; But I am so hedged round with woe, This glory I no more can see. O weary heart, that throbbest so, Thou hast but this one wish, -- to be A little dust beneath the tree. I would thou hadst thy wish to-day, And we were lying side by side With her who took our life away That heavy day whereon she died. O grave! I would thy gates were wide. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15 by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE VICARIOUS ATONEMENT by RICHARD ALDINGTON |
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