Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SURPRISES, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR First Line: When through the shadow thou shalt see death smile Last Line: My love for thee, a wild heart's thornless rose. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
WHEN through the shadow thou shalt see Death smile And greet him as the sleepless greet the light, When thou shalt close thine eyes a little while To open them in perfectness of sight, Must not thy quickened spirit shrink for shame When touched by near Omniscience to confess How many blots of unexpected blame Sully thy life's apparent nobleness? But with the evil shall be manifest Unconscious virtue that from thee hath sprung; Good unpremeditated and unguessed, Rich harvest of a seed at random flung. That hour of vision shall to thee disclose My love for thee, a wild heart's thornless rose. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A LYNMOUTH WIDOW by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR |
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