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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOW, by ELEANOR ALEXANDER First Line: For me, my friend, no grave-side vigil keep Last Line: Give me your songs, and flowers, and laughter now. Subject(s): Love | |||
For me, my friend, no grave-side vigil keep With tears that memory and remorse might fill; Give me your tenderest laughter earth-bound still, And when I die you shall not want to weep. No epitaph for me with virtues deep Punctured in marble pitiless and chill: But when play time is over, if you will, The songs that soothe beloved babes to sleep. No lenten lilies on my breast and brow Be laid when I am silent; roses red, And golden roses bring me here instead, That if you love or bear me I may know; I may not know, nor care, when I am dead Give me your songs, and flowers, and laughter now. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT |
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