"What do you make so fair and bright?" "I make the cloak of Sorrow: "O, lovely to see in all men's sight "Shall be the cloak of Sorrow, "In all men's sight." "What do you build with sails for flight?" "I build a boat for Sorrow, "O, swift on the seas all day and night "Saileth the rover Sorrow, "All day and night." "What do you weave with wool so white?" "I weave the shoes of Sorrow, "Soundless shall be the footfall light "In all men's ears of Sorrow, "Sudden and light." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RELIGIO LAICI; OR, A LAYMAN'S FAITH by JOHN DRYDEN THE LOVE OF CHRIST WHICH PASSETH KNOWLEDGE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HAND OF LINCOLN by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN THE MEDIATOR, HYMN 2 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING SANCTI DOMINICI PALLIUM; A DIALOGUE BETWEEN POET AND FRIEND by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE PHILOXIPES AND POLICRITE; AN ESSAY TO AN HEROIC POEM: CANTO 1 by CHARLES COTTON |