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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEYOND RECALL, by MARY EMILY NEELEY BRADLEY Poet's Biography First Line: There was a time when death and I Last Line: As life -- and you -- have proved to me! Subject(s): Death; Grief; Life; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
THERE was a time when Death and I Came face to face together: I was but young indeed to die, And it was summer weather; One happy year a wedded wife, And I was slipping out of life. You knelt beside me, and I heard, As from some far-off distance, A bitter cry that dimly stirred My soul to make resistance. You thought me dead; you called my name; And back from Death itself I came. But oh! that you had made no sign, That I had heard no crying! For now the yearning voice is mine, And there is no replying: Death never could so cruel be As Life -- and you -- have proved to me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A CHRYSALIS by MARY EMILY NEELEY BRADLEY |
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