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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SACRIFICE SELF-COMPENSATED, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: True I have had much comfort gazing on thee Last Line: That greater happiness will thence arise. Subject(s): Birth; Death; Hope; Love; Sacrifices; Child Birth; Midwifery; Dead, The; Optimism | |||
TRUE I have had much comfort gazing on thee, Much too perhaps in thinking I might have thee Nearly myself, a fellow soul to live with. But, weighing well man's frail and perilous tenure Of all good in the restless, wavy world, Ne'er dared I set my soul on any thing Which but a touch of time can shake to pieces. Alone in the eternal is my hope. Took I thee? that intensest joy of love Would soon grow fainter and at last dissolve. But, if I yield thee, there is something done Which from the crumbling earth my soul divorces, And gives it room to be a greater spirit. There is a greater pang, methinks, in nature When she takes back the life of a dead world Than when a new one severs from her depth Its bright, revolving birth. So I'll not hoard thee, But let thee part, reluctant, though in hope That greater happiness will thence arise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON BALLAD OF HUMAN LIFE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: DIRGE FOR WOLFRAM by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SAILORS' [OR MARINERS'] SONG by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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