Classic and Contemporary Poetry

AFTER DEATH, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Now while my lips are living
Last Line: And then you could not hear.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The

Now while my lips are living
Their words must stay unsaid,
And will my soul remember
To speak when I am dead?

Yet if my soul remembered
You would not heed it, dear,
For now you must not listen,
And then you could not hear.