A melancholy face Charles Carville had, But not so melancholy as it seemed, When once you knew him, for his mouth redeemed His insufficient eyes, forever sad: In them there was no life-glimpse, good or bad, Nor joy nor passion in them ever gleamed; His mouth was all of him that ever beamed, His eyes were sorry, but his mouth was glad. He never was a fellow that said much, And half of what he did say was not heard By many of us: we were out of touch With all his whims and all his theories Till he was dead, so those blank eyes of his Might speak them. Then we heard them, every word. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE NEED FOR MEN by JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND THE PROUD MISS MACBRIDE; A LEGEND OF GOTHAM by JOHN GODFREY SAXE IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 1 by ALFRED TENNYSON ON IMAGINATION by PHILLIS WHEATLEY GOOD LUCK by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS |