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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CROSS OF SNOW, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the long, sleepless watches of the night Last Line: And seasons, changeless since the day she died. Subject(s): Death; Love - Marital; Dead, The; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love | |||
In the long, sleepless watches of the night, A gentle face -- the face of one long dead -- Looks at me from the wall, where round its head The night-lamp casts a halo of pale light. Here in this room she died; and soul more white Never through martyrdom of fire was led To its repose; nor can in books be read The legend of a life more benedight. There is a mountain in the distant West That, sun-defying, in its deep ravines Displays a cross of snow upon its side. Such is the cross I wear upon my breast These eighteen years, through all the changing scenes And seasons, changeless since the day she died. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY WIFE by GEORGE WASHINGTON BETHUNE VARIATION ON THE WORD SLEEP by MARGARET ATWOOD |
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