Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SORROWS AND CONSOLATIONS, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is there in life, when the vision of hope Last Line: And the flowers of eden bloom. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia | ||||||||
What is there in life, when the visions of hope Like ice in the sun are faded -- And the heart, unfit with the world to cope, Is oft by the world degraded? Child of the dust! the heartfelt tear May cleanse that sinful shrine, And over the drops of holy fear, The rainbow of hope may shine. What have we in life? when doomed to mourn That youth was ever believing -- When o'er the living as o'er the cold urn, We grieve that earth is deceiving? Child of the earth! there's one above Who heals the mourner's grief -- Forget the sorrows of mortal love, And seek at his hand relief. The spring that waters the desert of life Flows bitter with death and sorrow; And the flowers to-day with fragrance rife, Lie blighted and low to-morrow! Child of the skies! oh lift thine eye, To the land beyond the tomb -- Where springs the fount of eternity -- And the flowers of Eden bloom. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD WASHING-DAY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD A SUMMER EVENING'S MEDITATION by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD HYMN: 2 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LIFE [AND DEATH] by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ON THE EXPECTED GENERAL RISING OF THE FRENCH NATION IN 1792 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE MOUSE'S PETITION TO DOCTOR PRIESTLY FOUND IN THE TRAP .. by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE SABBATH OF THE SOUL by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD TO A LITTLE INVISIBLE BEING WHO IS EXPECTED SOON TO BECOME VISIBLE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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