Classic and Contemporary Poetry

POSTHUMOUS, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Of what avail the tardy showers
Last Line: Pulses quivering, to die.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The

Of what avail the tardy showers,
To the famished summer flowers?
All in vain the rain-drops cry,
Dead things never make reply.

Life's belated cup of bliss,
Woo the weary lips to kiss,
When the singing is a sigh,
Pulses quivering, to die.