Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ECSTACY, by KENNETH SLADE ALLING First Line: I could never be properly dead Last Line: The songs that I sing for the earth. Subject(s): Death; Grief; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
I could never be properly dead, For even alone in my grave, These songs would go on in my head, And May in my veins would rave. No grief or sorrow or pain Could bind me utterly down; I should go shout with the rain, And burst, with June, through the town. No ancient hurt of the stars, That scarred my heart at its birth, Could ever make silent in me, The songs that I sing for the earth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A PRESENCE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING |
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