I I' THE glooming light Of middle night So cold and white, Worn Sorrow sits by the moaning wave, Beside her are laid Her mattock and spade, For she hath half delved her own deep grave. Alone she is there: The white clouds drizzle: her hair falls loose: Her shoulders are bare; Her tears are mixed with the beaded dews. II Death standeth by; She will not die; With glazed eye She looks at her grave: she cannot sleep; Ever alone She maketh her moan: She cannot speak: she can only weep, For she will not hope. The thick snow falls on her flake by flake, The dull wave mourns down the slope, The world will not change, and her heart will not break. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE. 6. IN THE CEMETERY by THOMAS HARDY A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 4. REVEILLE by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN A POET'S FANCIES: 8. THE MODERN POET; A SONG OF DERIVATIONS by ALICE MEYNELL DICING by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS THE MERCHANT OF VENICE; A LEGEND OF ITALY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM THE DISCIPLE by DWIGHT JAQUES BRADLEY SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 36 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |