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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HUMAN, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Weighed down by grief, o'erborne by deep despair Last Line: Upon the westering sunlight, black as jet. Subject(s): Death; Grief; Prayer; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
WEIGHED down by grief, o'erborne by deep despair, She lifted up white arms to heaven and prayed That day for death; she made a mighty prayer Beside her dear one gently to be laid. And standing thus, it flashed across her mind How she must make a seemly silhouette Against the sky, her figure sharply lined Upon the westering sunlight, black as jet. | 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 BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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