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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PITY, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They never saw my lover's face Last Line: Men who have never seen god's face. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Pity | |||
THEY never saw my lover's face, They only know our love was brief, Wearing awhile a windy grace And passing like an autumn leaf. They wonder why I do not weep, They think it strange that I can sing, They say, "Her love was scarcely deep Since it has left so slight a sting." They never saw my love, nor knew That in my heart's most secret place I pity them as angels do Men who have never seen God's face. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN PITY AS WE KISS AND LIE by JOHN CIARDI PITY THIS POOR ANIMAL by LUCILLE CLIFTON PITY ASCENDING WITH THE FOG by JAMES TATE EPISTLE IN FORM OF A BALLAD TO HIS FRIENDS by FRANCOIS VILLON IN AN ACT OF PITY by ROBERT CREELEY AN EXPOSTULATION by ISAAC BICKERSTAFFE THE COMPASSIONATE FOOL by NORMAN CAMERON |
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