Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONSOLATION, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: All are not taken; there are left behind Last Line: Can I suffice for heaven and not for earth?' Subject(s): Consolation | ||||||||
ALL are not taken; there are left behind Living Beloveds, tender looks to bring And make the daylight still a happy thing, And tender voices, to make soft the wind: But if it were not so -- if I could find No love in all the world for comforting, Nor any path but hollowly did ring Where 'dust to dust' the love from life disjoined, And if, before those sepulchres unmoving I stood alone, (as some forsaken lamb Goes bleating up the moors in weary dearth,) Crying 'Where are ye, O my loved and loving?' -- I know a Voice would sound, 'Daughter, I AM. Can I suffice for HEAVEN and not for earth?' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SHAKESPEARE'S GRAVE by ROBINSON JEFFERS RECOMPENSE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE WILLOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON EINSTEIN by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH HOLDERLIN'S JOURNEY by EDWIN MUIR THE PRODIGAL SON by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ILKA BLADE O' GRASS KEPS ITS AIN DRAP O' DEW by JAMES BALLANTYNE COMFORT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING A CHILD'S THOUGHT OF GOD by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING |
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