Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: ONE NEW YEAR'S EVE, by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON Poet's Biography First Line: Heart! Art thou dead within me? Why this calm Last Line: Thy very self of self that suffered? Alternate Author Name(s): Leigh, Arbor; Guggenberger, Mrs. Ignatz; Bevington, L. S. Subject(s): Holidays; New Year | ||||||||
HEART! art thou dead within me? Why this calm To see thy joy die with the dying year? When more is fact than ever thou didst fear Of all thou would'st not have of hurt and harm; When less than thou hadst pictured is of balm In uttermost surrender; when more dear Seems that thou hast surrendered, now and here, Than ever aught before? Why no alarm To face the blank black morning of to-morrow With not one partisan for thine own sorrow? Why canst thou smile, O silly heart! to see The cold strewn ruin of the life of thee? Haply yet more than love's dear joy lies dead, -- Thy very self of self that suffered? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NEW YEAR'S POEM by MARGARET AVISON A SPEED OF HISTORY by MARGARET AVISON NEW YEAR'S DAY by DAVID LEHMAN LINES FOR THE NEW YEAR by JULIE CARR I AM RUNNING INTO A NEW YEAR by LUCILLE CLIFTON FOR THE NEW YEAR (2) by ROBERT CREELEY EGOISME A DEUX' by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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