I have seen a grave this day, Yet no worm did therein lie; -- Only sweet Faith laid away, Lonely to die, Lonely as he lived, to die. There's no buds. Ev'n rosemary Hath sad dreams for smell withal; Ev'n Hope's rose's leaf would be Restless to fall; To have done, and fade, and fall. I will never walk again Where such brittle dust doth lie; Where to weep were quite in vain; Vain too to sigh, Only vain to weep and sigh. Flee afar, then, heart, lest thou, Quick with brooding on that spot, Feign to see a dead face now, Features forgot, Eyes ev'n Heaven shall open not! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BLACK SAMSON OF BRANDYWINE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: MAY by EDMUND SPENSER MOON-BRIGHT DREAMS by WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMS AH, HAD I SEEN THEE SOONER! by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS THE WET WASH by MARIANA BACHMAN |