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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOURNING, by WILLA BLAKE
First Line: Draw the shades across the window
Last Line: For a heart has died today.
Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Silence
First Line: Draw the shades across the window
Last Line: For a heart has died today.
Subject(s): Bible; Mythology; Silence
Draw the shades across the window --
Place a wreath of flowers by.
Let there be no sound to mar it,
If a lovely thing must die.
Quiet -- in the endless gloaming --
Let no worldly breath invade.
Time may heal the ache a little,
Memories, like flowers, fade.
Only let the scene be holy --
In the darkness kneel and pray;
Silently --, a prayer of sorrow,
For a heart has died today.
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