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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO J. D. H. (KILLED AT SURREY C. H., OCTOBER, 1866), by SIDNEY LANIER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dear friend, forgive a wild lament Last Line: O sad life - to keep thee mine. Subject(s): Death; Friendship; Dead, The | |||
Dear friend, forgive a wild lament Insanely following thy flight. I would not cumber to thine ascent Nor drag thee back into the night; But the great sea-winds sigh with me, The fair-faced stars seems wrinkled, old, And I would that I might lie with thee There in the grave so cold, so cold! Grave walls are thick, I cannot see thee, And the round skies are far and steep; A-wild to quaff some cup of Lethe, Pain is proud and scorns to weep. My heart breaks if it cling about thee, And still breaks, if far from thine. O drear, drear death, to live without thee, O sad life - to keep thee mine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A BIRTHDAY SONG by SIDNEY LANIER |
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