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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FULL, by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS Poet's Biography First Line: Grave by grave and cross by cross, / here are row upon row Last Line: All the rows are now full. Subject(s): Death; Love; Dead, The | |||
GRAVE by grave and cross by cross, Here are row upon row, Where, in my heart's garden wide, Flowers bright I oft strow. But amid them lay one space, For a long time left free, Where, upon a golden bush, My dear love might throned be. But to-day the tempest fierce Hath with chilling blast come. Tearless have I now borne forth Love unto its last home. Tremble not, thou feeble hand, Coward heart upholding; Firmly grasp the winding-sheet, Thy life's love enfolding! Dig thou deep, -- then will no ear Catch the low lamenting, Which might other sleepers rouse, Their repose preventing. Slumber there, O love and joy! Hoot on, boding horned owl! Henceforth I shall shrink no more, -- All the rows are now full. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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