Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON THE PICTURE OF A DEPARTED POETESS, by ELIZABETH J. EAMES


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ON THE PICTURE OF A DEPARTED POETESS, by                    
First Line: This still, clear, radiant face! Doth it resemble
Last Line: The better land thy dream of love fulfilled.
Subject(s): Death; Poetry & Poets; Dead, The


THIS still, clear, radiant face! doth it resemble
In each fair, faultless lineament thine own?
Methinks on that enchanting lip doth tremble
The soul that breathes thy lyre's melodious tone.
The soul of music, O! ethereal spirit,
Fills the dream-haunted sadness of thine eyes;
Sweet Poetess! thou surely didst inherit
Thy gifts celestial from the upper skies.

Clear on the expansion of that snow-white forehead
Sits intellectual beauty, meekly throned; --
Yet, O! the expression tells that thou hast sorrow'd,
And in thy yearning, human heart atoned
For thy soul's lofty gifts! -- on earth, O, never
Was the deep thirsting of thy bosom still'd! --
The "aching void" followed thee here forever,
The Better Land thy DREAM OF LOVE fulfilled.





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