HAVE I not learned to live without thee yet? -- Years joined to scornful years have mocked my pain; Light-footed joys have proffered transient gain, And smiled on me, and wooed me to forget; And lesser loves my pathway have beset With cheap enticements. Since my heart was fain, Sometimes I listened, but their boast was vain, -- They had no coin to pay the old time's debt. And thou? Thou art at rest, and far away From all the vain delusions of the hour; Like some forsaken child, I weep by night, While thou rejoicest in thy perfect day: Thine is the triumph, thine the immortal power, -- Art thou too glad to mourn for earth's delight? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ESCAPE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON STANZAS OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF H-- A-- by BERNARD BARTON STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND by BERNARD BARTON REPRISALS by WILLIAM ROSE BENET ORNITHOPOLIS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |