SPEAK kindly, oh speak soothingly To him whose hopes are crossed, Whose blessed trust in human love Was early, early lost; For wearily -- how wearily! Drags life, if love depart; Oh! let the balm of gentle words Fall on the smitten heart! Go gladly, with true sympathy, Where want's pale victims pine, And bid life's sweetest smiles again Along their pathway shine. Oh, heavily doth poverty Man's nobler instincts bind; Yet sever not that chain, to cast A sadder on the mind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE METROPOLITAN TOWER by SARA TEASDALE THE FAIRY KING by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM MOONLIGHT by SERENA COBIA BAILEY A WRECKED LOCOMOTIVE by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE THE PASSING BELL by GORDON BOTTOMLEY TO THE MUSE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |